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Apple Explains Interface Differences
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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Should I get a circumcision?
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This post is score 5, funny. If its not then the moderator has no sense of humour
heavy research. proven. better. These words imply that you have citations to provide. Provide them.
they are that's why they buy Mac's you fool.
Didn't they teach you anything at marketing brainwash school
From the article:
One of the most visible and important parts of the Aqua interface are high-quality icons. Mac OS X icons have rich visual characteristics: They are often displayed at a sizes varying from 128 x 128 pixels to 16 x 16 pixels, can contain millions of colors, have very realistic qualities, and are professionally rendered.
Someone help me with this. If I have an icon that's 128x128, how can it contain millions of colors when it only has 16384 pixels? Does it have color cycling or something?
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LOLERS TO YOU, SIR!
Your comment nearly made me choke on my coffee. Thanks for the laugh.
What I got from that document:
Please don't confuse our users with your fancy advanced Windows features.
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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
This is to match the equally confusing "Press ctrl-alt-delete to login" to some versions of Windows NT.
I copied this sig from someone else (but where did they get it from?)
My biggest gripe about the mack is the lack of right click context menus. I like them, I use them, and I miss them when I am on a Mac.
that on a page about interface design that the text in the contents bar of the web page is overflowing out of the bar? This seems like a rather poor interface design standard to me...
"Do what you wish in your madness, but first let me down off this horse. I wish to see no eyes!"
Hardware UI
Apple still believes that people are handicapped, so they provide out-of-the-box a single button mouse.
I'm not Stephen Hawking. Apple's mouse reminds me of Stephen's single click device for user input.
I don't own a Mac, but if I did the first thing I would do is purchase a real mouse, not something designed for the lowest common denominator.
And the part about not using MDI style applications is in my opinion _very_ wrong. I often have 3 or more applications open when working and I find it damn confusing to look at all of them at the same time. Ever hit something outside the program you are working in and then spend time finding your way back? Macs are just crappy to working with if you use more than one program at a time.
The gui is just not designed to let me move around with speed and ease. Linux and Windows are much better at that.
Bottom line: Macs are too expensive and slow. I like my new dual mp 2000+; it's cheaper and faster (and it runs linux properly!)
Isn't the idea of Apple having guidelines kinda ironic. Why don't they just throw out the whole guidelines manual and replace it with a single line.
THINK DIFFERENT
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