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  "date": "2003-10-29T13:38:46.000Z",
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  "title": "Late to the Panther party",
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  "html": "<p>\nI know I'm late to the blogosphere release party for <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/macosx/\">Panther</a>, but I just got it last night and, biting the bullet, installed it with only minimal effort toward backing things up.  I intend to eventually wipe this PowerBook completely and install fresh, but I couldn't wait.  :)\n</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/10/24/panther\">Mark Pilgrim</a> published the most definitive coverage of the beastie I've seen yet, with help of the denizens of <a href=\"http://joi.ito.com/joiwiki/IrcChannel\">#joiito</a> to manage the onslaught of readers.  So, I won't make any attempt to catalog the new things.\n</p>\n<p>\nA few impressions though:\n</p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Everything</b> feels faster.  Windows slide around and resize like they've been waxed underneath.  Things seem to launch faster.</li>\n<li>A few small things have improved, like System Preferences quitting when I close the window, rather than hanging around waiting for me to open the window again or quit.</li>\n<li>Some third-party extension I had installed threw Finder into a launch-and-crash loop for awhile.  So, if you've yet to install, try to purge your system of extensions first.  This should be obvious, but is sometimes a surprise when it's actually a problem.</li>\n<li>Expose looked like a neat feature when I first heard of it.  I fully expected it to be slow, stuttery, and 'cute' when I finally played with it.  Now, having used it and slowly incorporating it into my usage habits, it's amazing.  Smooth and not stuttery at all, it looks like a computer interface feature from the movies.</li>\n<li>Fast user switching, where desktops rotate in and out of view, also looks like you wish it would, and seems like it's from the movies.</li>\n<li>I <b>hate</b> metal.</li>\n<li>I hate <i>metal</i>.</li>\n<li><u>I hate metal.</u></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p>\nThat is all.  For now.  Maybe.\n</p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=late-to-the-panther-party</p>\n",
  "body": "<p>\r\nI know I'm late to the blogosphere release party for <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/macosx/\">Panther</a>, but I just got it last night and, biting the bullet, installed it with only minimal effort toward backing things up.  I intend to eventually wipe this PowerBook completely and install fresh, but I couldn't wait.  :)\r\n</p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/10/24/panther\">Mark Pilgrim</a> published the most definitive coverage of the beastie I've seen yet, with help of the denizens of <a href=\"http://joi.ito.com/joiwiki/IrcChannel\">#joiito</a> to manage the onslaught of readers.  So, I won't make any attempt to catalog the new things.\r\n</p>\r\n<p>\r\nA few impressions though:\r\n</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><b>Everything</b> feels faster.  Windows slide around and resize like they've been waxed underneath.  Things seem to launch faster.</li>\r\n<li>A few small things have improved, like System Preferences quitting when I close the window, rather than hanging around waiting for me to open the window again or quit.</li>\r\n<li>Some third-party extension I had installed threw Finder into a launch-and-crash loop for awhile.  So, if you've yet to install, try to purge your system of extensions first.  This should be obvious, but is sometimes a surprise when it's actually a problem.</li>\r\n<li>Expose looked like a neat feature when I first heard of it.  I fully expected it to be slow, stuttery, and 'cute' when I finally played with it.  Now, having used it and slowly incorporating it into my usage habits, it's amazing.  Smooth and not stuttery at all, it looks like a computer interface feature from the movies.</li>\r\n<li>Fast user switching, where desktops rotate in and out of view, also looks like you wish it would, and seems like it's from the movies.</li>\r\n<li>I <b>hate</b> metal.</li>\r\n<li>I hate <i>metal</i>.</li>\r\n<li><u>I hate metal.</u></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>\r\nThat is all.  For now.  Maybe.\r\n</p>\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=late-to-the-panther-party\r\n",
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  "summary": "I know I'm late to the blogosphere release party for Panther, but I just got it last night and, biting the bullet, installed it with only minimal effort toward backing things up.  I intend to eventually wipe this PowerBook completely and install fresh, but I couldn't wait.  :)\n\n\nMark Pilgrim published the most definitive coverage of the beastie I've seen yet, with help of the denizens of #joiito to manage the onslaught of readers.  So, I won't make any attempt to catalog the new things.\n\n\nA few impressions though:\n\n\nEverything feels faster.  Windows slide around and resize like they've been waxed underneath.  Things seem to launch faster.\nA few small things have improved, like System Preferences quitting when I close the window, rather than hanging around waiting for me to open the window again or quit.\nSome third-party extension I had installed threw Finder into a launch-and-crash loop for awhile.  So, if you've yet to install, try to purge your system of extensions first.  This should be obvious, but is sometimes a surprise when it's actually a problem.\nExpose looked like a neat feature when I first heard of it.  I fully expected it to be slow, stuttery, and 'cute' when I finally played with it.  Now, having used it and slowly incorporating it into my usage habits, it's amazing.  Smooth and not stuttery at all, it looks like a computer interface feature from the movies.\nFast user switching, where desktops rotate in and out of view, also looks like you wish it would, and seems like it's from the movies.\nI hate metal.\nI hate metal.\nI hate metal.\n\n\n\n\nThat is all.  For now.  Maybe.",
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