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Apple Explains Interface Differences

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-my-interface-is-more-good dept.

WCityMike writes "This switch document for developers details the interface differences between Microsoft Windows and the Aqua interface used in Mac OS X. Written on a layman's level, it actually makes for pretty interesting reading!"

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  1. That's simple. by decaheximal · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...details the interface differences between Microsoft Windows and the Aqua interface used in Mac OS X. Written on a layman's level, it actually makes for pretty interesting reading!
    That's simple. Explorer.exe. Oh, on a layman's level? "Your internet won't break," basically.
  2. Hire Professional Help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Rule 3: Hire Professional Help

    Well, at least they got one thing right. If you think you can make money developing MacOS software, you really should get professional help!

  3. Re:They Forgot.... by TheSunborn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I really the only one who think that it make sence to "start a shutdown" ?

    Martin Tilsted

  4. Girl power! by VIIseven7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the captions:

    In Microsoft Windows ... the user is restricted in her ability to position document windows on the desktop.
    In Mac OS X     ... the user is free to move her document windows around the desktop.

    MS is just a bunch of chauvinist pigs. Buy Apple, support Women's Lib!

  5. Re:Nothing new by Cadre · · Score: 3, Funny
    By switching to OS X, Apple threw out 15 years of hard work, just to release an OS with an inferior UI on an inferior kernel.

    Ah yes! Damn thee the to hell, Xnu[0]! I can no longer press the mouse button to pause the operating system...

    [0]- Xnu is the name of the new kernel.

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    All editorial writers ever do is come down from the hill after the battle is over and shoot the wounded.
  6. Re:I wish Apple would follow their own guidelines by wadetemp · · Score: 3, Funny

    AddressBook: nothing.
    iCal: nothing

    Actually, I have repented. Both these apps do have a respective digital lifestyle device: the PDA.

    Wait... ... maybe they're building a ... nah!

    Yeah.... :)

  7. Re:iYawn by ktoz · · Score: 2, Funny
    Half the fun of having a PC is tweaking it and tuning it to get the most out of it.

    Half the fun of owning a toaster oven is modifying the heating coils so you can smelt your own iron.

    Half the fun of owning a ceiling fan is tweaking the motor so it can suck cats off the floor.

    Most people however buy things to use them. Macs are very usable, that's why people buy them.

    If elegant design offends you, just rip the guts out of a Mac and epoxy them to a piece of sheet steel. You'll have all of the functionality without any of the prissiness you seem to associate with good design. And...it'll look right at home in your garage next to that disassembled carburetor : )

  8. Re:the part about the dialog box is wrong by dadragon · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... I have not come aross a single button on M$ keyboards that is so useful it boosts my prouctivity.

    I certainly have.. ctrl-alt-del :)

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    God save our Queen, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf Forever!