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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. 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!

  3. 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.

    --
    All editorial writers ever do is come down from the hill after the battle is over and shoot the wounded.
  4. 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.... :)