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Zarf in Mac OS X Land

Posted by pudge on from the go-steve dept.

baruz writes "Andrew Plotkin (aka Zarf), award-winning interactive fiction author and Mac and Unix programmer, has not-so-recently posted a secret diary of his experiences installing and using Mac oh ess ex."

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  1. will you macheads ever understand by Edmund+Blackadder · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    SMART computer users do not like to change their habits based on what new OS they are using they want, the OS to change to their habits.

    Smart computer users understand that the machine is a slave for the human and not the other way around.

    So why should your firend or the writer of that diary have to learn a new way to do everything, when they have had enough experience to find a way that they like.

    Why should someone bow to steve's or bill's decisions to what is the best easiest and funnest way for us to do things, when they have had enough experience to know for themselves what is the best way?

    1. Re:will you macheads ever understand by jgerman · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Psuedo intellectual bullshit, as usual from the usability guys. Poor design to have two interfaces, use your common sense. You can the UI to pass all of your usability criteria tests, and add a single option somewhere that switches customizability on. Normal users wouldn't even have to know it exists. Your argument is worthless.

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      I'm the big fish in the big pond bitch.
  2. Re:Emacs by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Are you just trolling, or are you really that ignorant?

    Comparing vi and emacs is much like comparing a screwdriver to a 747 repair facility.

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
  3. That's oh ess ten! Not oh ess ex dammit! by voisine · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Common, you'd think the unix geeks at slashdot
    would get this right. Only the clueless CompUSA
    employees call it oh ess ex.