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Windows Software Ugly, Boring & Uninspired
An anonymous reader writes "CPU magazine has written a very straight-to-the-point editorial on the lack of quality and innovation in software for the mainstream OS. They compare it to the Mac, which is found in a much different light. Where has all the innovation gone?" From the article: "There's too much coal and not enough diamonds within the sphere of downloads. The greatest pieces of software are plagued by unintelligent design, and very few rise to the level of ubiquity. Windows users don't have a strong sense of belonging; there's no user community rallying around the platform. We use the computer, certainly, or is the computer using us?"
Yet, he's only able to give us one:
Why do you infer that he was only able to give one? Perhaps he didn't feel a need to belabour the point.
Excuse me, but Widgets are easily the most retarded thing out of Apple since the Dock.
YMMV.. I use them all the time.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Slashdot: boring, repetitive, Linux centric and sarcastic.
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
Google is a bloody online calculator. Why the fuck would you search for one?
The Farewell Tour II
I'll take option one. Easier to remember (visuals are easier to remember) and easier to discover if you don't remember.