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I got a new Macbook Pro today. First impressions are that the OS X interface is cumbersome and hard to use. I haven't been using it long enough to be able to objectively point out everything I am having an issue with, but here's what I can clearly express.
1. Page down - Why doesn't page down actually do a page down function? Page down does a scroll down. You can use ctrl-page down to get a page down, but why do I have to press extra keys to make what's labelled as the page down key, actually perform a page down operation?
2. I'm used to using alt-tab in windows to switch between app. OS X has the Apple-tab key but it only switches between apps, and it doesn't let you switch to the windows within apps. How can I do this? If I have 5 web pages open in Safari, and several other apps with windows open, how can I quickly switch to any of them?
3. The terminal application doesn't have the Lucida Console font available. Is this just a matter of downloading it from somewhere?
4. I use yahoo personals and sometimes when I see (a nice looking girl online), I'll click on the 'IM me' link, which on windows will open a chat window controlled from Yahoo Instant Messenger. On OS X it does nothing at all, eventhough Yahoo IM is running.
5. I tried to watch some movie trailers tonight on movies.yahoo.com and got told that I didn't have a plugin for application/x-mplayer2. In windows IE already has the plugin installed and Firefox will go download it. On OS X, Safari just gives up and firefox _tries_ to download it but fails.
6. I'm having real trouble gettng use to the widescreen format. Sure, the resolution is 1440x900, but 900 isn't a whole lot and it is generally just very annoying to have such a small amount of y-axis real-estate.
7. The default VPN client has no option to not use the default gateway on a remote network. For security purposes, our VPN doesn't let traffic out into the general internet.This means that when you are connected via a VPN, you can only access the VPN network and not the general internet. You have to continuously connect and disconnect to the VPN to get internet access. That's REALLY irritating.
8. The window close, minimise and maximise buttons are SOOO small that it takes me several seconds to focus on them. I can see myself getting RSI from this.
9. Because of the way that the apps work, it makes it really hard to know which ones are in focus. You have to continuously look up the top menu bar to work it out.
10. When I downloaded Yahoo IM today, the install was completely confusing. It said to drag the icon to the Applications folder and then click it to continue. Did it mean I should do that via the file windows? Because you could also drag the Yahoo smiley face within the same window to what appeared to be the Applications window. I still don't know how I got it installed. I've been involved with computers for 24 years, since I was 10 years old. I'm a systems engineer and a unix admin, so this stuff should not be that hard.
11. Just generally speaking, most of the applications seem to completely disregard screen real-estate, ie they take up a LOT. I'm amazed at how much of the screen Yahoo IM consumes when it's up.
I've only had the notebook since this morning and already have all these issues. I'd really like to get over them. I don't want to have thrown $2,000 down the toilet.
Doug.
1. Page down - Why doesn't page down actually do a page down function? Page down does a scroll down. You can use ctrl-page down to get a page down, but why do I have to press extra keys to make what's labelled as the page down key, actually perform a page down operation?
2. I'm used to using alt-tab in windows to switch between app. OS X has the Apple-tab key but it only switches between apps, and it doesn't let you switch to the windows within apps. How can I do this? If I have 5 web pages open in Safari, and several other apps with windows open, how can I quickly switch to any of them?
3. The terminal application doesn't have the Lucida Console font available. Is this just a matter of downloading it from somewhere?
4. I use yahoo personals and sometimes when I see (a nice looking girl online), I'll click on the 'IM me' link, which on windows will open a chat window controlled from Yahoo Instant Messenger. On OS X it does nothing at all, eventhough Yahoo IM is running.
5. I tried to watch some movie trailers tonight on movies.yahoo.com and got told that I didn't have a plugin for application/x-mplayer2. In windows IE already has the plugin installed and Firefox will go download it. On OS X, Safari just gives up and firefox _tries_ to download it but fails.
6. I'm having real trouble gettng use to the widescreen format. Sure, the resolution is 1440x900, but 900 isn't a whole lot and it is generally just very annoying to have such a small amount of y-axis real-estate.
7. The default VPN client has no option to not use the default gateway on a remote network. For security purposes, our VPN doesn't let traffic out into the general internet.This means that when you are connected via a VPN, you can only access the VPN network and not the general internet. You have to continuously connect and disconnect to the VPN to get internet access. That's REALLY irritating.
8. The window close, minimise and maximise buttons are SOOO small that it takes me several seconds to focus on them. I can see myself getting RSI from this.
9. Because of the way that the apps work, it makes it really hard to know which ones are in focus. You have to continuously look up the top menu bar to work it out.
10. When I downloaded Yahoo IM today, the install was completely confusing. It said to drag the icon to the Applications folder and then click it to continue. Did it mean I should do that via the file windows? Because you could also drag the Yahoo smiley face within the same window to what appeared to be the Applications window. I still don't know how I got it installed. I've been involved with computers for 24 years, since I was 10 years old. I'm a systems engineer and a unix admin, so this stuff should not be that hard.
11. Just generally speaking, most of the applications seem to completely disregard screen real-estate, ie they take up a LOT. I'm amazed at how much of the screen Yahoo IM consumes when it's up.
I've only had the notebook since this morning and already have all these issues. I'd really like to get over them. I don't want to have thrown $2,000 down the toilet.
Doug.