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Not all of Apple's features are hits either.. for example, when's the last time you used Dashboard or Launchpad?

by shawnz 6y ago

breakfastduck 6y ago
Completely true, but there are way more hits than misses on macOS. Dashboard no longer ships with the OS. Launchpad is useless to me but I can completely forget it exists & never use it. I think the issues windows has had over the years come down to the fact that the 'misses' they've had are core parts of the OS that you can't avoid using. I do genuinely think Windows 10 is the best version of windows though, and with WSL they're definitely headed in the right direction.
sukilot 6y ago
Apple ran experimental features that failed and we're easy to remove. Microsoft trashed the core UX twice (Vista and 8)
dylan604 6y ago
I use Launchpad frequently. I rearranged my most common apps to be on one screen. I four finger swipe down on my MBP, and there's my apps. I still use Spotlight search too so I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard. Cmd-tab allows to switch to an app, but the Dashboard view lets me get to a specific window within an app directly from whatever view I'm currently in. 4 finger swipe up, and clickity click, I'm in the document I'm wanting
- saagarjha 6y ago
  > Cmd-tab allows to switch to an app, but the Dashboard view lets me get to a specific window within an app directly from whatever view I'm currently in. 4 finger swipe up, and clickity click, I'm in the document I'm wanting That sounds like Mission Control.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    You may be right. I don't really pay attention to BrandName(TM) of a simple feature. All I know is I never browse the /Applications folder to find an app. I also know that these features are NOT available on Windows. That with the missing spacebar press in Explorer for Quicklook access to a file in Windows makes not using macOS frustrating
    - shawnz 6y ago
      Sure they are: hit win+tab for a Mission Control/Expose-like view, and you can get a Spotlight-style search by just hitting Start and beginning to type. Dashboard was the name for a widgets system in mac OS.
    - simonh 6y ago
      The most annoying thing for me on MacOS is no 'New' menu on right-click to create a new file, only a folder. I'm just so used to doing that in Windows that it really annoys me in the Finder. There are ways to hack that in yourself though.

Not all of Apple's features are hits either.. for example, when's the last time you used Dashboard or Launchpad?

by shawnz 6y ago

Not all of Apple's features are hits either.. for example, when's the last time you used Dashboard or Launchpad?

Completely true, but there are way more hits than misses on macOS. Dashboard no longer ships with the OS. Launchpad is useless to me but I can completely forget it exists & never use it. I think the issues windows has had over the years come down to the fact that the 'misses' they've had are core parts of the OS that you can't avoid using. I do genuinely think Windows 10 is the best version of windows though, and with WSL they're definitely headed in the right direction.

sukilot 6y ago

Apple ran experimental features that failed and we're easy to remove. Microsoft trashed the core UX twice (Vista and 8)

dylan604 6y ago

I use Launchpad frequently. I rearranged my most common apps to be on one screen. I four finger swipe down on my MBP, and there's my apps. I still use Spotlight search too so I don't have to take my hands off the keyboard. Cmd-tab allows to switch to an app, but the Dashboard view lets me get to a specific window within an app directly from whatever view I'm currently in. 4 finger swipe up, and clickity click, I'm in the document I'm wanting

saagarjha 6y ago
> Cmd-tab allows to switch to an app, but the Dashboard view lets me get to a specific window within an app directly from whatever view I'm currently in. 4 finger swipe up, and clickity click, I'm in the document I'm wanting That sounds like Mission Control.
- dylan604 6y ago
  You may be right. I don't really pay attention to BrandName(TM) of a simple feature. All I know is I never browse the /Applications folder to find an app. I also know that these features are NOT available on Windows. That with the missing spacebar press in Explorer for Quicklook access to a file in Windows makes not using macOS frustrating
  - shawnz 6y ago
    Sure they are: hit win+tab for a Mission Control/Expose-like view, and you can get a Spotlight-style search by just hitting Start and beginning to type. Dashboard was the name for a widgets system in mac OS.
  - simonh 6y ago
    The most annoying thing for me on MacOS is no 'New' menu on right-click to create a new file, only a folder. I'm just so used to doing that in Windows that it really annoys me in the Finder. There are ways to hack that in yourself though.