Tag Archives: Mac

Mac OS X Snow Leopard, a Major Bug Fix Release

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Lloyd

I’m looking forward to the release of the next version of Mac OS X, version 10.6 Snow Leopard this September. As a Software Quality Assurance (QA) practitioner, I find it particularly interesting that this major release is basically a bug … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac, Testing | Tagged Mac, Mac OS X, microsoft windows, QA, Software Development, software experience, Software Performace, Testing, UI, Windows 7, windows vista | 3 Comments

Attack of the Case Sensitive Filesystem

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Lloyd

Case sensitive file systems should be retired. They allow us to do stupid things, mostly in error, but sometimes because we are too smart for our own good. There is no good reason for their (continued) existence. I imagine that … Continue reading →

Posted in Computing, Mac | Tagged case insensitive, case preserving, case sensitive, Ext2, Ext3, file system, HFS+, Mac, Mac OS Extended, Mac OS X, subversion | 14 Comments

Tech Frustration

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Lloyd

I’ve always been good at finding the cracks in things and breaking them wide open. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy testing software. I also have a high threshold for technology acting up and the disposition, skills, … Continue reading →

Posted in Computing | Tagged Frustrations, Mac, Mac OS X, QA, Technologies, Testing, Ubuntu Linux, windows vista | 2 Comments