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Perhaps I am unsophisticated, but as a regular user of both Windows and Mac - Mac for work - I find Macs to have exceptional UX. I do not feel the pain that is
by w0de0 5y ago
Perhaps I am unsophisticated, but as a regular user of both Windows and Mac - Mac for work - I find Macs to have exceptional UX. I do not feel the pain that is regularly elaborated in blog posts such as this.
Among the best parts that Windows cannot come close to matching:
* I can use it precisely as just another unix machine, with Terminal (zsh is default!)
* Terminal integrates well with GUI tools
* GUI discoverability is straightforward, and Spotlight search almost always knows what I want
* Preferences are unburdened by crufted abstractions built atop one another (Control Panel and descendants)
* apps are clearly files, are easy to interact with using just the filesystem, are well-controlled by TCC, and poorly built installers are the exception, not the rule
* system notifications are respectful, controllable, and not a morass of spam
* the keychain is both secure and easy to interact with for non-technical users
* support.apple.com documentation is correct and easy to find
* "Help" menu item for a system utility never opens bing and searches $utility_name, which is Windows' latest laziness
* Wiping and reinstalling is not an ordeal
* iCloud backup just works
On the whole macOS pleases me immensely in comparison to Windows or Ubuntu+Gnome. The scrollbars are my most salient complaint, but merely launch regedit.exe to see how a GUI might be truly unusable.
- rdsnsca 5y agoSystems Preferences / General does let you control scroll bar behaviour.