On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Daniel Stenning wrote:
[SNIP]
Talking of which there are other things in OSX that I suspect are a
legacy of
NEXT - what about the ridiculous directory system in OSX -library/
etc/ etc
Those are all part of the Unix underpinnings of OS X. You (as a
user) should NEVER need to concern yourself with them as the OS and
admin tools handle the intricacies. If you DO learn about them (on
the other hand), they offer a power level for managing a Mac that
never existed previously. As an experiment, I stripped an OS X
system down to where ONLY the WindowServer was launching and
everything ran as root (bad idea, I know, but still fun), It's
amazing how snappy a G3 500MHz iMac is when it's only running 5 tasks!
In a modern supposedly user friendly OS, such directories should
have been
consigned to the bin. ( scuse english unix pun - that's trashcan
to you
yanks )
To quote a UCB email sig I saw a while back - "Unix 'IS' user
friendly - it's just very picky about who it calls friend."
All those user preferences and bitty files related to an application
shouldn't be sprayed across the OS - windoze style- they should
have been
put inside a "compartment" of the Application bundle. A single icon
for the
Application, resources, drivers , logs and preferences should have
been the
"Apple" way. Why Jobs ever let the current OSX directory nightmare
happen
beats me.
Because it really is the best way for the OS to manage things. It
might not be the most logical from a user standpoint, but it's very
specific and elegant once you understand it. Otherwise, we'd all
still be using DOS or CP/M.
Ok.... That's my rant for today over.. ;)
Not a rant, a valid discussion.
Tim
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Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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