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15 Things Apple Should Change in Mac OS X

Posted by Zonk on from the twitching-the-tiger dept.

richi writes "Two of Computerworld's top operating systems editors, a Mac expert and a Windows expert, compare notes on what Apple should reconsider as it develops Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Mac OS X 10.4, or Tiger, is (in their opinion) a noticeably better operating system than XP or Vista. But it is not perfect. OS X has its own quirks and flaws, and they set out to nail down some of the 'proud nails' for the next release." From the article: "7. Inconsistent User Interface. Open iTunes, Safari and Mail. All three of these programs are Apple's own, and they're among the ones most likely to be used by Mac OS X users. So why do all three of them look different? Safari, like several other Apple-made apps such as the Finder and Address Book, uses a brushed-metal look. iTunes sports a flat gun-metal gray scheme and flat non-shiny scroll bars. Mail is somewhere in between: no brushed metal, lots of gun-metal gray, and the traditional shiny blue scroll bars. Apple is supposed to be the king of good UI, and in many areas, it is. But three widely used apps from the same company with a different look? Sometimes consistency isn't the hobgoblin of little minds."

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  1. Noooooooooo by Frankie70 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But it(Tiger) is not perfect.

    Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

  2. Re:Window Management by Total_Wimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh thank god this has finally come up. As a PC user that sometimes uses a Mac, I've found this frustrating. But any time I've brought it up in casual conversation with Mac people, they've treated me like it's my fault for not understanding the superiority of the Mac UI. I was actually starting to justify in my mind that there must be something wonderful about only using the bottom, right corner and I just had to try harder to understand what it could be. Meditation wasn't helping. Seeing this on the list might save me years of therapy.

    TW

  3. Ah, the simple Mac... by norminator · · Score: 5, Funny
    No additional widgets required. Just open Terminal and do this

    defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES

    After that, press F12 and start dragging widget.. then (while still dragging) press F12 again and drop widget on the desktop.

    Wow... I didn't think that doing simple desktop tasks on a Mac could be as complicated as getting NVidia drivers working in Linux!

    (I'm kidding... kind of.)
  4. Re:What I think they should change... by arloguthrie · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's horrible what your Mac mini is doing. It must take you, like, 20 minutes to copy a 17MB file.

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