And the newer Mac add-ons to expose the desktop, find the current window, find
all the windows, switch windows, more easlily find your program executable are
laboriously clumsy and cluged work-arounds that could just be solved by fixing
the instruments that were originally designed to perform those functions ...
the Finder, dock, and menus
Automobiles used to have starting systems, shift levers, headlight dimmer,
horns ... you name it ... all working differently and located all over the
interior of the car with each manufacturer. But guess what?... they all work
all most identically now and they are all located in the same relative place.
By and large better utility won out.... probably because in the case of autos
... form REALLY followed function ... it was dangerous to continue otherwise...
Apple would be better off in its own right if they would give a little now and
then when someone else has a better design element...
Find the Mac desktop: Command + H hides the open programs and reveals
the desktop, or if in the Finder, Option + Command + H hides everything
else.
Guess what? Not all automobiles are almost identical now!
Driven a MINI lately? First time I drove in a blinding rain storm, I had
to pull over to look at the manual to figure out how to turn on the
windshield wipers. Had to get out the manual to figure out how to open
the bonnet to find the battery, then needed the manual to reset the tire
pressure control monitor. Needed the manual to display the speed on the
steering wheel display instead of the huge superfluous speedometer. The
many thousands of other settings are unlike in any car I've driven
before, and I've driven a lot of different cars. I still love my MINI.
It's so much fun! Have you ever driven a Citroën or Skoda? They're
different too, not cludged or clumsy--different.
Computer OSs are different too. How about the annoyance when switching
cell phones? I switch from Nokia to Samsung to Motorola to Sony-Ericsson
back to Nokia. Each has a different OS, different menus. Some are
better, some worse, depends on what you prefer, and it's the same with
computers. None are perfect. You use what works for you.
Have you tried to learn a foreign language lately?
Betty
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