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What Mac OS X Could Learn From Windows

Posted by timothy on from the how-to-humiliate-and-belittle-users dept.

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.

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  1. You mean the bottom right corner? by rebug · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think the idea is that your cursor doesn't change into a dozen different zany pictures and adopt a dozen different functions depending on which part of the window you're pointing at.

    It's all about simplicity.

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  2. Re:How about a fast way to lock the computer? by Jord · · Score: 4, Informative

    Go into your keychain and turn on the menubar addon. Then you can lock your screen with two clicks of your one-button mouse.

    Simple.

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  3. OS X already allows remapping of control keys by EccentricAnomaly · · Score: 4, Informative

    From article: Switching between Mac and Windows this drives me nuts. I have to consciously think "command-C or control-C?" It shouldn't have to be that way. And if you're running RDC or VPC and copying and pasting between OS X and Windows!! Sheesh!

    If you really must do this, you can do it in 'system preferences'. Just go to the 'Keyboard & Mouse' pref pane and click the modifier keys button. voila! switch control and option or whatever else you want.

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