What Mac OS X Could Learn From Windows

An anonymous reader writes "It is almost unheard of to see something written about what OS X could learn from Windows but this details some good examples. And yes, it includes the right-click mouse." I find about half the suggestions compelling enough to be worth griping over, and the other half off-base, but YMMV.

Comments

Re:How 'bout resizing windows from all corners

[blackmonday]

(Dons flameproof suit)
I use a mac at home, and one thing I can't stand is iMovie, when I'm trying to crop a video clip. If you don't click on the tiny little markers precisely, you'll drag the whole window. Hate it!

Re:Two Button Mouse

[wealthychef]

The actual truth is that contextual menus in OS X are so rarely well implemented that they are a disaster. On Windows, you can almost always find what you want in a handy popup-menu. It's a great UI tool, because the #1 rule with GUI design is to minimize mouse travel, and the easiest spot to click is the point right under the mouse. Apple really needs to get this right. Windows is definitely superior here.

apple mice get crappier all the time

[lubricated]

Why would any one expect apple to put out a good mouse?

I used to go to the apple computer at my work and get pissed of at the hockey puck mouse. My hand would quickly loose directionality. I need then to look at the mouse reorient and that would work for another minute.

Well after that mistake they decided we didn't need mice buttons so the whole mouse moves. Instead of a simple finger click the whole arm has to move and release preasure off the back of the mouse, thus requiring a change in clicking technique for the worse. I can move a finger faster than an arm.

I wonder how crappy their next mouse will be.