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The hardware design component I just can't bring myself to care about, a fork is for picking up food, a computer is for computing, I don't care about the sheen
by etherael 16y ago
The hardware design component I just can't bring myself to care about, a fork is for picking up food, a computer is for computing, I don't care about the sheen on the stainless steel on one or the other, and it puzzles the hell out of me why people do. But I guess that's just human nature or something.
My "user experience" on a mac is utterly abysmal due to the lack of the customisations I use on linux and have been bound to inexorably over the years by muscle memory.
- dieterrams 16y agoI can respect that. I've found it difficult to embrace Linux myself, because the "affordances should be visible!" part of my brain keeps recoiling against the command line interface, which is where the action is. But I can see how it can become extraordinarily powerful after you've reached a certain level of competence.
- bonaldi 16y agoYou found the OS X UI "bland and ugly" but caring similarly about the aesthetics of hardware is so inconceivable that it "puzzles the hell" out of you? I think you're getting your party lines crossed.
- etherael 16y agoThe actual software part that you interface with and concentrate on, yes, that part is definitely the part that I'm paying attention to when I'm using a computer. The black or white or magnesium bezel around it? Not so much, keyboards and mice once again yes, but I hate apple keyboards / mice too (not because of build quality, but because of layout / design)