Finder has been around for more than 20 years. It's not going anywhere, and thank God. I haven't seen any file manager on any OS that is anywhere near as nice.
Well there's only a finite amount of money, and when he's dedicated so much to invading and occupying another country, yes, I think he did have a major role in this decision.
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Sounds exactly like the way Mac OS X handles things. You install by dragging the application's icon to/Applications, and you uninstall by dragging the application's icon to the trash. The only thing that may be left behind would be a preferences file, in ~/Library/Preferences, or a preferences folder in ~/Library/Application\ Support.
As a Mac user who has worked in Windows support and in college, the first thing I thought of when I saw these screenshots was "yup, that looks like Microsoft designed it." It looks even more difficult to use than Windows XP.
There are a few things that immediately stick out:
The windows have no titles.
The menus are now even further from the edge of the screen, taking even longer to find and hit.
Many of the menus are icons. I can't guess what those icons mean!
It's hard to tell where one thing ends and the next begins.
There is no differentiation between the scroll bar area and the rest of the window.
There is not enough contrast between colors for people who have trouble with color vision. Microsoft never gives things enough contrast for us!
Buttons for things that do the exact opposite, like maximize and minimize, are right next to each other, not even separated by one pixel. This makes it very likely that you'll click the button for the opposite of what you want to do.
Microsoft seems to be continuing what they started with XP. Apple doesn't do stuff like this.
Apple's designs make sense. OS X has menus at the top of the screen, so they're an infinite target. OS X uses colors that have enough contrast for people who don't see colors well. OS X's scroll bars stick out, so they're easy to hit. Apple would never have released anything that looked like this. They never would have even let this interface get into a beta.
OS X looks for a creator code first, and then for an extension. That's why some files, which have creator codes, don't open up with the program you set as default.
Each program has a different creator code. This means that you can have two different files of any type, like JPEG pictures, which open with different programs.
Say you had a bunch of JPEGs that you wanted to look at and not edit. Those files could be set to open with Preview, while a different bunch of JPEGs, which you edited a lot, could be opened with Photoshop.
Apple sets things this way because it offers more flexibility than Windows offers. Imagine you were a movie editor, and you had some movies you wanted to edit, and some you just wanted to view. Because of creator codes, you could set some to open with MPlayer, and some to open with Final Cut Pro. It wouldn't be nice to have every movie open in Final Cut Pro by default.
You can change or erase creator codes in Mac OS 9 or in classic using Resedit. You can change or delete creator codes in OS X using several different programs. I use one called xFiles. xFiles can also batch-change file attributes. If there's no creator code, OS X will choose the program based on the extension.
Apple has used metadata extensively in their operating system to a degree that nothing on Windows has ever come close to: labels, creator codes, file type codes, file content, et cetera, and a lot of that metadata has been searchable as far back as I can remember.
Spotlight is more like Apple's find feature on steroids. It's a natural progression.
Apple continues releasing security updates for a long time after releases. You aren't forced to upgrade due to security holes, unlike some operating systems.
But hey, if you're running a business that wants security updates being tied to pay updates, then just keep right ahead with Windows.
When you're working with a computer, you don't necessarily get the results you want. You get the results the programmer wanted you to have.
I can write one or two lines of code that would screw up vote counts in any number of ways- adding two votes to the vote count instead of adding one, switching the vote counts at the end, or any of numerous other ways.
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Finder has been around for more than 20 years. It's not going anywhere, and thank God. I haven't seen any file manager on any OS that is anywhere near as nice.
seems to work to me.
I didn't use Frontpage to make that pitiful web page.
Oh, wait, the U.S. government is thinking of invalidating that, too.
Well there's only a finite amount of money, and when he's dedicated so much to invading and occupying another country, yes, I think he did have a major role in this decision.
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You can.
-and no registry.
Conversely, if a major vulnerability is found in a library that is only being used by one application, only that application is vulnerable.
-or less and less, if you happen to be a Mac user.
There are a few things that immediately stick out:
- The windows have no titles.
- The menus are now even further from the edge of the screen, taking even longer to find and hit.
- Many of the menus are icons. I can't guess what those icons mean!
- It's hard to tell where one thing ends and the next begins.
- There is no differentiation between the scroll bar area and the rest of the window.
- There is not enough contrast between colors for people who have trouble with color vision. Microsoft never gives things enough contrast for us!
- Buttons for things that do the exact opposite, like maximize and minimize, are right next to each other, not even separated by one pixel. This makes it very likely that you'll click the button for the opposite of what you want to do.
Microsoft seems to be continuing what they started with XP. Apple doesn't do stuff like this.Apple's designs make sense. OS X has menus at the top of the screen, so they're an infinite target. OS X uses colors that have enough contrast for people who don't see colors well. OS X's scroll bars stick out, so they're easy to hit. Apple would never have released anything that looked like this. They never would have even let this interface get into a beta.
OS X looks for a creator code first, and then for an extension. That's why some files, which have creator codes, don't open up with the program you set as default.
Each program has a different creator code. This means that you can have two different files of any type, like JPEG pictures, which open with different programs.
Say you had a bunch of JPEGs that you wanted to look at and not edit. Those files could be set to open with Preview, while a different bunch of JPEGs, which you edited a lot, could be opened with Photoshop.
Apple sets things this way because it offers more flexibility than Windows offers. Imagine you were a movie editor, and you had some movies you wanted to edit, and some you just wanted to view. Because of creator codes, you could set some to open with MPlayer, and some to open with Final Cut Pro. It wouldn't be nice to have every movie open in Final Cut Pro by default.
You can change or erase creator codes in Mac OS 9 or in classic using Resedit. You can change or delete creator codes in OS X using several different programs. I use one called xFiles. xFiles can also batch-change file attributes. If there's no creator code, OS X will choose the program based on the extension.
Spotlight is more like Apple's find feature on steroids. It's a natural progression.
"what is it about fm radio that doesn't appeal to you?"
I think the reason we don't want or care about FM radio can be summed up in two words:
Clear. Channel.
Firefox on Mac does have a scrollbar. Anyone can see weird effects if they install an operating system-specific theme on the wrong operating system.
Phishing, likely. There's just about no way that you could give someone access to your ebay accounts just by viewing a message in mail.app.
But hey, if you're running a business that wants security updates being tied to pay updates, then just keep right ahead with Windows.
Don't complain about your positive karma.
That's for OS X, if anyone was wondering. Here's a screenshot.
With Mac OS X, Apple made it so that Applications have their own menu, which has the name of the application, and Preferences are now under it.
Here's a pic.
I do agree that it doesn't make sense to have preferences in a menu somewhere over on the right.
I'm not sure if it's because I've got Tab Clicking Options installed, but I can double-click on the tab bar to open a new tab.
Azureus runs just fine on OS X as an Aqua application. It's probably the best OS X BitTorrent out there.
I can write one or two lines of code that would screw up vote counts in any number of ways- adding two votes to the vote count instead of adding one, switching the vote counts at the end, or any of numerous other ways.
If everyone thought like that, we'd still be using DOS, and the Mac never would have been created.
The Flashblock extension and my userContent.css file have helped me not see any new ads or pop-ups in Firefox.