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My wife switched to a Mac not that long ago, and her biggest complaint by far is that there's no start menu. There's no single source to visually scan through a
by freehunter 9y ago
My wife switched to a Mac not that long ago, and her biggest complaint by far is that there's no start menu. There's no single source to visually scan through all programs and options and settings and menus available to her like there is on Windows. She's actually scared of using her computer sometimes in case she closes a window and doesn't know how to get it back.
It doesn't bother me as much since even on Windows I was used to hitting Win and typing my program name, but not everyone works that way.
- snuxoll 9y agoLaunchpad? I hate it and it’s the first thing I pull off the dock, but that’s the reason it’s there.
- bdcravens 9y agoPaired with Spotlight/Alfred that's pretty much everything. That said, Launchpad kind of looks like just another app, as opposed to the centralized launcher that the Start button is
- timrichard 9y agoLuckily, “there’s a button for that...” as someone might have said. F4, or fn F4 if the system control buttons/function keys have been flipped.
- freehunter 9y agoHoly shit I've been using a Mac for how many years and never knew this feature existed. Thank you, friend.
- snuxoll 9y agoMost users on HN probably ignore the existence of it as well as power-users in general who are more likely to use spotlight or Alfred (or just opening up /Applications for that matter), so I can’t say I’m surprised. It was added in what I consider the dark days of OS X Lion when they were pushing iOS-ification pretty hard, hence the similarity to Springboard on iOS. Still, useful for making less experienced users a little more comfortable - so I’m glad the option is there.