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As a user mostly use windows. I always find the ui discoverable of mac problematic. I really have no idea why do they like to hide most used things like move fi

As a user mostly use windows. I always find the ui discoverable of mac problematic. I really have no idea why do they like to hide most used things like move file, show hidden under keyboard shortcuts and don't have a option to force them permanently show up. As in windows, they are either already show up or exist in some obvious item like `setting` and you can toggle things here. You rarely need google to find out what's going on. But has in mac you need to press random keys here and there is no obvious visual indications that you can do so. I really curious about how mac user before google exists find them out. Or they simply not?

kccqzy 7y ago
> I really curious about how mac user before google exists find them out. Before Google existed, software came with manuals. You buy software in a fancy box, but within the box there's not just a CD/floppy disks, there's also a large tome of written material teaching you how to use it. You would sit down, read through it, and learn to use the software. It is more of a testament to humanity's decreasing attention span that users now demand UIs to be discoverable without reading anything. Take a look at someone's discovery of the original Macintosh user manual: http://www.peterme.com/2007/08/27/thoughts-on-and-pics-of-the-original-macintosh-user-manual/ http://www.peterme.com/2007/08/27/thoughts-on-and-pics-of-th...