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I don't know what you like about it? When I use Windows I try to use it to find Control Panels to set up stuff and it does a horrible job at that. In macOS you
by dep_b 7y ago
I don't know what you like about it? When I use Windows I try to use it to find Control Panels to set up stuff and it does a horrible job at that.
In macOS you'll find Disk Utility by typing "disk utility" in CMD+SPACE, even when you're on a different language system that has it's own name. I couldn't find anything in Windows even when that was the literal name of the panel. And hunting for formerly easy to find settings is one of the things that already drives me crazy in Windows 10.
Also when I type "alert sound" I still find the Sound and Notifications Control Panels even if they're not full matches, but they do deal with alerts.
There's a lot about Windows I like though. It's just not the UX, apart from the Explorer once I exactly set it up as I like it (well it looks the same as Windows 95 mostly).
- bradstewart 7y agoI generally have the opposite experience you've described--I can find exactly what I need in settings/Control Panel on Windows, but rarely on macOS. Could be that I'm just used to the names of things in Windows? Realistically, they both get the job done.
- emsy 7y agoSpotlight is better at understanding multiple languages (accidentally typing the English name on a German System often yields the right result), synonyms and results inside windows. I think this is mainly due to Apples accessibility efforts. Windows is much more picky. But most of the time you just want to start an app anyway.
- bradstewart 7y agoThat is entirely possible. I'm in an English bubble.
- jayd16 7y agoHit the windows key and type "disk man" and the disk manager pops up. Maybe you're just used to the OSX names for things? Search "alert" brings up the audio settings. I'm not sure what you're doing differently.
- dep_b 7y agoIt's hard to give exact examples now I'm not behind a Windows machine. But I didn't have a great time finding stuff on a non-English machine even when I typed in the name exactly as it appeared in the top bar when I finally found it and opened it.
- vbezhenar 7y agoI pressed "Win" and typed "Control". Control panel was the first and default choice. And my Windows is not even using English locale. I admit that this search sometimes works strange, but it adapts to me, so when I'm launching some program often, it remembers that and will always put that program on the top.