Right. He seemed to be operating under the assumption that Mac OS X was some sort of clone of Windows.. thus the attempt to find a control-key equivalent of everything.
It's a common misconception, and it is why MS goes to so much trouble to make Windows look so much like OS X - it is because the Windows users will assume that OS X is a clone, rather than Windows being a clone of Mac OS.
Right. He seemed to be operating under the assumption that Mac OS X was some sort of clone of Windows.. thus the attempt to find a control-key equivalent of everything.
It's a common misconception, and it is why MS goes to so much trouble to make Windows look so much like OS X - it is because the Windows users will assume that OS X is a clone, rather than Windows being a clone of Mac OS.
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It's a common misconception, and it is why MS goes to so much trouble to make Windows look so much like OS X - it is because the Windows users will assume that OS X is a clone, rather than Windows being a clone of Mac OS.
Right. He seemed to be operating under the assumption that Mac OS X was some sort of clone of Windows.. thus the attempt to find a control-key equivalent of everything.
It's a common misconception, and it is why MS goes to so much trouble to make Windows look so much like OS X - it is because the Windows users will assume that OS X is a clone, rather than Windows being a clone of Mac OS.
Yup. For the origins of the Mac keys read...
http://www.mail-archive.com/lisalist.../msg00400.html