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They aren't. The first time using it about 10 years ago was confusing: Single button mouse --> no instructions, can't find out how to right click Double clic
by Popegaf 5y ago
They aren't.
The first time using it about 10 years ago was confusing:
Single button mouse --> no instructions, can't find out how to right click
Double click on window --> fullscreen; uh... move mouse around edges to find how to get back to other windows
Drag window to side of the screen to split window --> nothing; search the application menu --> nothing; Cmd+Right? --> nothing; oook, I have to actually resize everything manually
Try to install software from app store:
- you must login --> failed (server was down that day)
- search "how to install XYZ on mac" --> download .dmg and follow these steps
"Natural scrolling" still confuses me everytime I touch one even after a whole week it didn't feel "natural". Especially diagonal scrolls felt off; does moving your 2 fingers right scroll left or right?
I remember trying to help out a friend download music on her iphone to play it there. We finally had to download it on the mac, import it into itunes and sync the iphone with it. No idea if things are better.
More recently, video calling was quite the experience. The browser couldn't access the camera, so a popup came up and I had to restart the browser. Then I wanted to share my screen, another popup came up follow by another restart. Finally, I wanted to share audio from a short clip being played, well that isn't in mac so some trial version of something had to be downloaded and I never actually got it to work.
- philliphaydon 5y ago> Single button mouse --> no instructions, can't find out how to right click I can’t stand OSX, but I’m pretty proficient. I think the right click is a symptom of you being so used to Windows or linux. The average user probably never needs to right click. I bought my mum a MacBook Air and she’s never needed to right click in the 4-5 years of owning it. I think it’s hidden for good reason. She also never asks if she should right or left click. Cos the mouse has 1 button.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoI think GP was referring to the Macintosh of old, where the mice only had a single button, and right click literally didn't exist. You needed to ctrl+click to "right click". You do make a good point though. From a zero-knowledge perspective, using a mouse with left-click for primary interactions and right-click for secondary interactions isn't the most intuitive concept.
- timbit42 5y agoHaving a second button is better than having to double-click.
- http-teapot 5y agoI think you mean two-finger tap? I only use the trackpad and find the two-finger tap far more efficient. I'd never buy the Apple mouse, though.
- Popegaf 5y agoIf you have to fall back to praising inefficiency in order to justify the existence of a "feature", sure then OSX is efficient. I love selecting text, finding the edit menu item, then "copy" in it, going to my target window, clicking where I want, then finding the correct menu item and clicking "paste". Intuitive. And saying somebody hasn't asked about using a second button when all you give them is a single button... come on.