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OS X: My experience so far
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<blockquote data-quote="Dysfunction" data-source="post: 936443" data-attributes="member: 51052"><p>it's not windows. Trying to make it so will only be an exercise in frustration. The secret to enjoying it? Accepting that. Many of the things you complain about have been a part of the OS since before Windows, changing that would seriously irritate many more users than it would placate.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is correct, that's how it's been since 1984. It's perfectly intuitive to those of us who used a windowing OS prior to windows being released.</p><p></p><p>So you're complaining because it does not match the learned behavior from a previous OS? Clicking on a red x isn't really intuitive either, and to be honest.. in the past caused programmatic issues within windows. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>fn -f11</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>so minimize the doc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>this is a setting, scrolling on the wheel works just fine for me.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is no registry in OS X, or in Linux, or in any version of Unix out there.. or to be honest any other OS I've ever worked with.. all the way up to big iron mainframe OS's (Tandem OS, z/OS etc). You don't feel like you have the control because you don't know it as well. That's all. You can open up that terminal and modify config files and configuration databases to your hearts content. It's all about know what you're doing. The registry is hardly user friendly, intuitive or even efficient.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed, Microsoft screwed up office when they wrote office 08. They dumped support for macros on it too.. this was the plan for the next windows version, good thing Mac users complained about it so intently eh?</p><p></p><p>So in conclusion.. if you want to be seriously irritated... try an old window manager like Open Windows, you'd blow a gasket <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dysfunction, post: 936443, member: 51052"] it's not windows. Trying to make it so will only be an exercise in frustration. The secret to enjoying it? Accepting that. Many of the things you complain about have been a part of the OS since before Windows, changing that would seriously irritate many more users than it would placate. That is correct, that's how it's been since 1984. It's perfectly intuitive to those of us who used a windowing OS prior to windows being released. So you're complaining because it does not match the learned behavior from a previous OS? Clicking on a red x isn't really intuitive either, and to be honest.. in the past caused programmatic issues within windows. fn -f11 so minimize the doc. this is a setting, scrolling on the wheel works just fine for me. There is no registry in OS X, or in Linux, or in any version of Unix out there.. or to be honest any other OS I've ever worked with.. all the way up to big iron mainframe OS's (Tandem OS, z/OS etc). You don't feel like you have the control because you don't know it as well. That's all. You can open up that terminal and modify config files and configuration databases to your hearts content. It's all about know what you're doing. The registry is hardly user friendly, intuitive or even efficient. Agreed, Microsoft screwed up office when they wrote office 08. They dumped support for macros on it too.. this was the plan for the next windows version, good thing Mac users complained about it so intently eh? So in conclusion.. if you want to be seriously irritated... try an old window manager like Open Windows, you'd blow a gasket :) [/QUOTE]
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