I'm sure this will come out as Apple stealing ideas from M$
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/arch...oft_wakes.html
I would think that M$ could come up with some pretty cool features if they would try to INNOVATE, rather than just copy what others have already put out there.
ok... done venting now
I would think that M$ could come up with some pretty cool features if they would try to INNOVATE, rather than just copy what others have already put out there.
ok... done venting now
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Originally posted by Silver
I, for one, wouldn't mind if Apple stole some idea's from M$ for a change. Why not ? I'm always frustrated that the Evil Empire steals good idea's from Apple and get away with it. Now Apple steals too, as every company, but from M$ ... That would be a nice payback
uh what does M$ have that apple owuld want to steal? besides marketshare.
would like to see: right click dragging like in Windows. Gives you more options. Handy.
a default "start" area. Despite it's shortfalls, the idea of having a "Start" button makes it very very easy to access ALL your programs.
I know so many people that don't even KNOW there are other applications than what is on their Dock. It's sad, but its true.
I wish Apple would AT LEAST add the shortcut to the "Applications" folder on the Dock by default. Thats one of the first things I do.
I wish MacOS X would copy the efficiency of the Calendar/Hour thingy on the bottom right of the Task Bar. Double click, and you get a calendar. Brilliant. And how it SHOULD be.
Those are the things that pop into mind now.
OH YEAH!!! And how could I forget!!!
NETWORKING! And Sharing directories. Jesus H Christ MacOS X is just STUPID and ass backwards when it comes to this!!!!
Windows: Right click ANY folder > Share this folder... And bingo, off you go.
In MacOS X you can only share your "Public" folder or your entire Hard Drive/ User Directory... and you have to give you admin password to do so. P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C
Originally posted by ZO
a default "start" area. Despite it's shortfalls, the idea of having a "Start" button makes it very very easy to access ALL your programs.
well here.
Originally posted by ZO
contextual menus... I believe was first on PC (not sure)
It might have shipped in Windows first. MS poached a lot of ideas that the Mac Human Interface group tried and discarded (like sticky menus).
I know so many people that don't even KNOW there are other applications than what is on their Dock. It's sad, but its true.
I wish Apple would AT LEAST add the shortcut to the "Applications" folder on the Dock by default. Thats one of the first things I do.
Ditto. I'd also like to see this.
NETWORKING! And Sharing directories. Jesus H Christ MacOS X is just STUPID and ass backwards when it comes to this!!!!
Windows: Right click ANY folder > Share this folder... And bingo, off you go.
In MacOS X you can only share your "Public" folder or your entire Hard Drive/ User Directory... and you have to give you admin password to do so. P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C
I have my own complaints with Windows networking, although I will give them credit for making XP much less exasperating than earlier versions.
But the anemic folder sharing capability of OS X is sad, and the saddest thing about it is that classic MacOS had the ability to share any folder easily years before Windows did... Maybe Apple will be able to address this now that Tiger has a decent ACL implementation (a much more fine-grained permissions structure than standard UNIX permissions).
Originally posted by ZO
I wish Apple would AT LEAST add the shortcut to the "Applications" folder on the Dock by default. Thats one of the first things I do.
I used to have this, but I have found that with Spotlight it is much easier to just type in the name of the application in spotlight and hit command-enter...much quicker and easier than browsing the applications folder if you know what you're looking for.
Originally posted by eekles77
I used to have this, but I have found that with Spotlight it is much easier to just type in the name of the application in spotlight and hit command-enter...much quicker and easier than browsing the applications folder if you know what you're looking for.
That's a nice tip if you know what you're looking for.
ZO's complaint is that a distressing number of people never find out about applications that aren't parked in the Dock. So the issue is, how do you give people an easily discoverable list of all the applications on their machine?
Originally posted by ipodandimac
uh what does M$ have that apple owuld want to steal? besides marketshare.
Hmmmm, how about fast user switching...
but I'm fairly certain UNIX was before Windows.
But in a geeky command line way probably.
I also thought of another thing: I'd like to see a basic "desktop sharing" function like XP has. An "Apple Remote Desktop Light" or something...