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The author is conflating discoverability of features, with discoverability of different ways to activate certain features. So, for example, everyone knew how t
by addicted44 7y ago
The author is conflating discoverability of features, with discoverability of different ways to activate certain features.
So, for example, everyone knew how to view a PDF. It's just that the author disallowed the most discoverable method.
They all knew how to right click, in the most discoverable way (trackpad), it's just that the author insisted they use the magic mouse instead, or know about ctrl+click which no one ever uses. That the magic mouse is a usability disaster is a whole other issue, but that's unrelated to OS X.
I havent used OSX in a bit, but the default app thing should be something that you can do through settings (at least Windows 10 makes it very easily discoverable that way). Apple, however, has always done a terrible job with default apps (for example, requiring users to change their default Browser, Mail app, etc through Safari, Mail.app and so on).
The Do Not disturb thing is ironically an iOS UI pattern that Apple has completely unnecessarily brought to the mac.
So are the invisible scroll bars. Mac OS X's scroll bars used to be easily visible (and more functional, because it immediately gave you an idea of the size of the view as well as allowed you to click anywhere on the bar and jump there directly).
Fundamentally, OS X has well described, discoverable and recommended UI patterns that cover all these cases. iOS and iPad OS don't. It's unfortunate that Apple has decided the HIG isn't needed anymore, but that's more of an Apple thing, than an OS X capability thing.
- jborichevskiy 7y ago> The Do Not disturb thing is ironically an iOS UI pattern that Apple has completely unnecessarily brought to the mac. > unnecessarily Why do you think it's unnecessary? I don't think I could function without it. Granted, I wish it had scheduling, partial whitelisting, notification collection, and whatnot but at least the basic functionality is there. Also, if you find yourself sharing your screen, just option+click the Notification center in the top right to enable Do Not Disturb mode.
- untog 7y agoI think the OP is talking specifically about the way you activate Do Not Disturb.
- Geee 7y agoYou can right click on the Magic Mouse perfectly fine (just click on the right side), I don't get it why they couldn't do it?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThis is disabled by default, you need to go into System Preferences to enable it. I work in an office where everyone has an iMac and a Magic Mouse, and this is a common annoyance when coworkers ask me to come over and help them with something. I'm so used to being able to right click, and I can't on (many of) their machines.
- Geee 7y agoWhy don't they enable it?
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoSo, one coworker in particular tried enabling right click after watching me always attempt to use it on her machine. She turned it off a few weeks later. She couldn't get the hang of right click on the magic mouse. She would right click when she meant to left click, and be unable to right click when she did want to. Despite watching her, I wasn't able to figure out what she was doing wrong. The gesture works perfectly for me. Of course, Apple could resolve all of this by putting two buttons on their mice...