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I assumed it would be under the user button where logout was, similar to Ubuntu I suppose. Ubuntu has this clever little gear combined with a power button to re

I assumed it would be under the user button where logout was, similar to Ubuntu I suppose. Ubuntu has this clever little gear combined with a power button to represent shutdown and setting very clearly visible on the desktop. And I knew the unix way, so I just went with it when it wasn't where I first thought. I didn't even realize you could click the Apple logo until after that happened I don't think, I had assumed it was just an application icon. Seems dumb now, but it was out of the way enough that I didn't think about even trying it.

rz2k 10y ago
That makes sense. Back before multitasking when you could have many applications open at the same time the Apple menu was really convenient for small applications like calculators. Much later once they had a multi-user operating system and a user menu, it would make more sense to have the user's name, shutdown, logout, and switch user in one menu. It sounds like you were just trying to get work done. I suppose if you'd wasted an hour a day for a week or so exploring, that the operating system might have revealed some advantages.