RE: No Hash Key

wes

Okay i just got a new ibook and there is no hash key on the key board. Can any one tell me how to get use the hash symbol on a mac. I knoe its stupid, but i can't find how anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

Gordon

yes annoying huh?

hit alt 3

#

wes

Ah thanks for that it was driving me nuts there for a while.

# Ah good to get that working.

Gordon

Cool, thats a wierd thing about macs.

Try the alt key with other buttons too:
¡€#¢?§¶•ªº–!=‘“<pi>ø¨¥†®´<sum>œåß?ƒ©©???¬…æ«÷>=<=µ~??ç??`

wes

Yeah it is a bit weird, but i guess once you know about it it ain't so bad.
The mouse i bought is also hopeless. I am taking it back tomorrow and getting my money back.

Gordon

why is it hopeless?

wes

Well even after changing the settings its still sluggish so to speak. I can use the trackpad faster and i am hopeless with the track pad. So i need to get a better mouse.

Gordon

Ah right. If you need there is a program that (among other things) speeds up the mouse speed. It's called "Mox Optimise".

wes

Will give that program a go before bringing back this mouse. Any idea on how to open up a console window?

Gordon

Applications - utilities - console

wes

Thanks for that

Gordon

cool, enjoy the new computer

Go for another browser over IE for boards, it really sucks for boards.

wes

I downloaded opera and i am using that right now. Will give Safari another go a little later.

Peteer

Best of Luck with your new purchase.

You won't go to far wrong with the iBook, battery life is pretty good too.

On the subject of browsers!

http://browsehappy.com/

There's a great quote there about the "blue E!" - why not just delete the shortcut?

"Ms. Sandlin is so devoted to [Firefox] that she has taped a note to her monitor warning guests not to click on the desktop shortcut to Internet Explorer. Do not touch the blue ‘E!’ the note says."

Only in Americia.

Peter

wes

So far the ibook has been fantastic. Its a lot faster than i expected. I am still getting use to things, but i am making some head way. I have to say i love this notebook and i haven't even tried out all the cool stuff yet.

sceptre

Peteer wrote:

"Ms. Sandlin is so devoted to [Firefox] that she has taped a note to her monitor warning guests not to click on the desktop shortcut to Internet Explorer. Do not touch the blue ‘E!’ the note says."

Nut. I just told my better half to click the big O instead.

acous

drifting off topic but has anyone tried omniweb 5? it seems pretty sweet.

Gordon

The earlier omniwebs really sucked for me when I had them but now thanks to Peteers link I'm using Firefox as opposed to iCab. I have to say it works great, it gives me all of the IE fandanglys but with speed of iCab.

Thank god, I'm finally happy with my browser, it's only taken 4 years.

Peteer

Gordon wrote:

The earlier omniwebs really sucked for me when I had them but now thanks to Peteers link I'm using Firefox as opposed to iCab. I have to say it works great, it gives me all of the IE fandanglys but with speed of iCab.

Thank god, I'm finally happy with my browser, it's only taken 4 years.

Happy to have helped!

Yoda

wes wrote:

Okay i just got a new ibook and there is no hash key on the key board. Can any one tell me how to get use the hash symbol on a mac. I knoe its stupid, but i can't find how anywhere.

Its proper name is the NUMBER SIGN #, and US keyboards have it engraved on the 3 key while UK/Irish keyboards have the POUND SIGN £ engraved there.

In the keyboard menu you can select the Keyboard Viewer to see what characters can be accessed with the alt/option and shift keys pressed. And if you go to System Preferences > International > Input Menu you can disable the UK keyboard and enable both of the Irish keyboards (the MacRoman character-set one and the Unicode Irish Extended keyboard. More information about those can be found at http://www.evertype.com/celtscript/ga-keys-x.html