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| Thread ID: 80199 | 2007-06-14 21:15:00 | For Winmacguy | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 559248 | 2007-06-16 01:19:00 | Thats what happens when you try to use a Mac while thinking like a PC user, you crunch the gears and end up with a tainted view. It works the other way too, I use Windows while thinking like a Mac user and it all goes to custard. And off he goes, making excuses as usual. :groan: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 559249 | 2007-06-16 01:28:00 | I was just reversing the perspective. I have been Windows user since about 1997 on Win95. PC users always complain about why the Mac sucks because the familiarty rug has been pulled from under their feet which Jen pretty much explained in her post. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 559250 | 2007-06-16 03:31:00 | I think the more Windows-savy you are, the harder it is to adjust to suddenly not knowing anything, cannot find anything, don't know how to perform certain (even basic) tasks. I don't think a windows background makes it all bad with being flung into the deep end on a mac. I've come to the sad realisation that even tho i'm an exclusive *nix user, i can get round a windows box better than many windows box owners. This must be true, cause people are getting me to sort windows issues out from time to time, yet as i've been messing around with the guest mac machine that comes to visit every week or 2. After 3 sessions, i'm already navigating it better than the hardened mac owner... I'm not going to pretend i like them, and i'm certainly not going to get a mac machine anywhere in my network as a permanent feature, but really, they are not that hard to get used to. Once you figure out that all the application names are different, and that Ctrl has largely been replaced by that weird little mac symbol, it starts to fly together. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 559251 | 2007-06-16 04:25:00 | Once you figure out that all the application names are different, and that Ctrl has largely been replaced by that weird little mac symbol, it starts to fly together. There is actually a design rationale behind the Command icon according to the woman who was originally tasked with the concept of designing it in Apple's early days. It is probably hidden in Apple's history somewhere. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 559252 | 2007-06-16 04:46:00 | PC users always complain about why the Mac sucks because the familiarty rug has been pulled from under their feet which Jen pretty much explained in her post. Rubbish. PC users say Mac sucks because they cost more for less, Have no upgrade path, Are less capable machines, Have limited software, Mostly butt ugly, and the "fan club" are the worlds biggest tossers. Nothing wrong with a different software design, Its the knob ends claiming its the best most fantastic experience in the world that ruin it. Sadly, You lack the ability to comprehend what I just wrote so its a wasted effort, Just like your bias is so strong you think an article that agrees with your bias is unbiased..If it went against the Mac then the writer is obviously a PC nut scared of change. Mate, Your a damn fool. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 559253 | 2007-06-16 04:52:00 | Found the rationale behind the Mac Command icon Finally she came across a floral symbol that was used in Sweden to indicate an interesting feature or attraction in a campground. She rendered a 16 x 16 bitmap of the little symbol and showed it to the rest of the team, and everybody liked it. Twenty years later, even in OS X, the Macintosh still has a little bit of a Swedish campground in it. Characters: Susan Kare, Steve Jobs www.folklore.org |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 559254 | 2007-06-16 05:14:00 | What would be a good .html editor for a mac? We ended up tweaking the website in some program that seemed to be the mac equivalent of notepad.. Tad tedious, that was. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 559255 | 2007-06-16 05:30:00 | www.nvu.com or NS Composer now renamed, updated and bundled with SeaMonkey browser for Win, Mac and Linux. www.mozilla.org |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 559256 | 2007-06-16 05:57:00 | There is also this link webdesign.about.com Although I would go with Safari's choice There are also some interesting tips in this article The Great Mac Software Hunt With the following for html text editors I have yet to give Optima System's Pagespinner a real try, and I will do that because several people have suggested that tool as well. In the meantime, I've been using Taco HTML from Taco Software. Taco HTML has a nice, light user interface. Unfortunately, the features are lightweight too. www.computerworld.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 559257 | 2007-06-16 07:54:00 | I don't see anything wrong with mac just that some programs I use simply doesn't have a mac alternative go to doom9.org and find the tools you need to play around with video and lots of them don't have a mac counterpart which is kinda sad and an annoyance to my mac friend who wants to try some of that stuff and my mac friends say their system is more stable and works well ..but if you think about how windows have to work on any weird combination of hardware we put together.. can't exactly blame it to screw up more often than mac where you can test your software on a limited number of hardware configurations yea..just my thoughts |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
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