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What OSX needs to win Windows users
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<blockquote data-quote="Buzzterrier" data-source="post: 857960" data-attributes="member: 105078"><p>I am the target poster boy for a Mac convert. I am tired of Msoft, and have a whole extended family of Mac users. I REALLY want to dump Windows and go Mac. In fact I own two macs, an older G5 and a brand new Mac Mini. But I have to say that I am Boot camping into Windows 7 all the time, not because I dislike OSX (I think it is awesome), but because of the little things, the things that a Windows and Linux user (I use both heavily) expect but are not there in OSX. </p><p></p><p>Home and End keys. I know this is old hash, but these keys are used heavily by Windows and Linux users to select lines in applications. Triple clicking a line to select it is a poor substitute. It makes your hands leave the keyboard, which is inefficient, and it does not allow partial selecting of a line. I tried to use the keyboard remapping codes, but they have their own problems. OSX needs to have a "native" Windows/Linux keyboard emulation. Not some remapping hack, but something that is native to the OS.</p><p></p><p>Another very annoying U.I. decision with OSX is what happens when you hit enter on a selected item. For example, if iDvd is highlighted (selected) in Finder, and you hit the Enter key, the logical thing to do is to launch the application (like Windows and Linux), but OSX goes into edit mode, allowing you to rename the application. 99.99% of the time, a user would rather launch the app than rename it -frustrating.</p><p></p><p>I realize that my whinging will seem petty to most long time Mac users, but to long time Windows and Linux users, these are SO annoying. It is the little things that count.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buzzterrier, post: 857960, member: 105078"] I am the target poster boy for a Mac convert. I am tired of Msoft, and have a whole extended family of Mac users. I REALLY want to dump Windows and go Mac. In fact I own two macs, an older G5 and a brand new Mac Mini. But I have to say that I am Boot camping into Windows 7 all the time, not because I dislike OSX (I think it is awesome), but because of the little things, the things that a Windows and Linux user (I use both heavily) expect but are not there in OSX. Home and End keys. I know this is old hash, but these keys are used heavily by Windows and Linux users to select lines in applications. Triple clicking a line to select it is a poor substitute. It makes your hands leave the keyboard, which is inefficient, and it does not allow partial selecting of a line. I tried to use the keyboard remapping codes, but they have their own problems. OSX needs to have a "native" Windows/Linux keyboard emulation. Not some remapping hack, but something that is native to the OS. Another very annoying U.I. decision with OSX is what happens when you hit enter on a selected item. For example, if iDvd is highlighted (selected) in Finder, and you hit the Enter key, the logical thing to do is to launch the application (like Windows and Linux), but OSX goes into edit mode, allowing you to rename the application. 99.99% of the time, a user would rather launch the app than rename it -frustrating. I realize that my whinging will seem petty to most long time Mac users, but to long time Windows and Linux users, these are SO annoying. It is the little things that count. [/QUOTE]
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