"More often than not, when I give this sort of advice, I hear from someone--often a reader, sometimes a colleague--who will explain to me, with great condescension and weariness (as if they cannot believe that I don't recognize this myself), that no operating system will be ready for (or accepted by) 'average users' until such arcane command-line tweaks are never, ever necessary.
"So I have to admit, it was with barely restrained glee that I watched the online hubbub over Mac OS X 10.5's new translucent menu bar unfold..."
