patchythepirate

lkrupp said:

patchythepirate said:

willett said:

After years of using PowerPoint, I now  use and greatly prefer Keynote.  The problems you are having sound like learning curve.  Most of the things you mention are easier in Keynote, in my experience.

I could see how you might think that, but I’m not convinced that’s the case. There’s only so many option windows, right clicks, and edit columns one can try. Given that it’s Apple, I was expecting more simplicity than PowerPoint, but even something as simple as selecting text for editing (eg changing font size, color, etc) is horribly executed, and it takes multiple clicks just to rearrange a text box or picture. I was also expecting less editing options, but it’s like a 10 fold difference relative to PowerPoint, with tons of wasted space in the editing areas. It’s kind of a joke, actually. I hate windows. And the IT department at the institutions I work at (actually) hate me for complaining all the time about how terrible windows is. But this is inexcusable on apple’s part, especially given all the time and resources available at this point in Apple’s journey.. Consistently, Apple basically doesn’t give a flying duck about its services (please excuse my ‘fowl’ language, lol), and by extension, its users, which is totally antithetical to the way Apple creates its hardware and OS. I’ve been perplexed by this issue for a while now. Very frustrating. 

Then leave the platform for god’s sake. Your screed makes it perfectly clear you now hate Apple with unbridled passion. You declared them unethical. Why would anyone continue to do business with a company the find unethical, always screwing over their customers? People like you seem irrational on a dangerous level. It’s worse than being a fanboy actually. 

“My screed”? I hate Apple? I’m “dangerous”??? 

willett said:

After years of using PowerPoint, I now  use and greatly prefer Keynote.  The problems you are having sound like learning curve.  Most of the things you mention are easier in Keynote, in my experience.

I could see how you might think that, but I’m not convinced that’s the case. There’s only so many option windows, right clicks, and edit columns one can try. Given that it’s Apple, I was expecting more simplicity than PowerPoint, but even something as simple as selecting text for editing (eg changing font size, color, etc) is horribly executed, and it takes multiple clicks just to rearrange a text box or picture. I was also expecting less editing options, but it’s like a 10 fold difference relative to PowerPoint, with tons of wasted space in the editing areas. It’s kind of a joke, actually. I hate windows. And the IT department at the institutions I work at (actually) hate me for complaining all the time about how terrible windows is. But this is inexcusable on apple’s part, especially given all the time and resources available at this point in Apple’s journey.. Consistently, Apple basically doesn’t give a flying duck about its services (please excuse my ‘fowl’ language, lol), and by extension, its users, which is totally antithetical to the way Apple creates its hardware and OS. I’ve been perplexed by this issue for a while now. Very frustrating. 

I’m not sure if I’m managing my expectations right, but I was pretty disappointed when I recently tried making a presentation on keynote for the first time. Keynote was actually kind of crappy and frustrating. A simple thing like setting a custom background color for all the slides doesn’t seem possible. You have to make a separate ‘master slide’ for each slide format (eg blank vs outline slide). How does Apple not include such a simple feature?? And the auto sizing of the text boxes is pretty crappy. The bulleting is limited and crappy to use. It’s hard to fine tune things. I’m not trying to do anything complicated. Very frustrating. I’ve always felt annoyed that I was stuck with windows crap bc of work, and in this instance I’m now stuck with windows crap bc it’s somehow better than apples crap. It feels like a gd insult from Apple every time I try to stay in the ecosystem bc I’m in love with the hardware and OS, then they screw the users over with shitty services. At least the Apple Music playlists have gotten way better, although the social features are still useless (in their most social app). What tf is Apple doing??

Don’t care that much about temp, I just want to be able use them as a WiFi/HomeKit mesh network. I’ll buy 4 as soon as that happens. 

Wonderful. Thank you Chinese ccp. I work at a major medical institution in Houston, and I'm completely locked out of my email, which I rely on quite a bit to coordinate patient care. Hopefully they can't access encrypted emails. And I just finished a great presentation on commercial sexual exploitation of youth, you're welcome ccp. Also, I wonder if biden is getting some sort of kickback for this from the ccp.