on 8/27/01 7:58 AM, Mark Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This isn't really on topic here, but does anyone know of any sites the > compare what UI aspects of Microsoft are poor in relation to Mac (and for > that matter KDE and GNOME). I always hear the Mac's UI is superior than MS, > but to tell you the truth, I've never heard that claim backed up. It's very > hard for me to get around Mac, and I realize that it's because I'm so use to > Windows but I figured that I'm a smart enough guy that I should be able to > figure it out. These guys are a bit Mac biased, but they do a good job pointing out the differences http://www.mackido.com/Interface/ A particularly good example is how to close a window in MacOS or Windows http://www.mackido.com/Interface/windows_close.html > (ps: I'm running OS X at home This article is pre OS X. I've also never used OS X. I do know from reading about OS X, Apple took a few steps backwards in interface design. In fact earlier in OS X's development Apple was taking so many steps backwards that it caused me to get a PC instead of another Mac. They since fixed a lot of the things they were going to do poorly (but not all of them). Matt _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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