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". I also try to keep in mind that I'm not typical. ... So when I judge a UI I literally stick my Mom on it... she's 68" Well she no more typical a computer us

by nkassis 15y ago

". I also try to keep in mind that I'm not typical. ... So when I judge a UI I literally stick my Mom on it... she's 68" Well she no more typical a computer user than you are I would think. I like to see a curve of typical computer users age distribution (but I understand it would be a little skewed if it's hard for the older generations to use computers). I feel that ribbon is designed for a select group of new users who need that kind of help. And I hope it's easy to disable it. It's fine for Microsoft to use something like this as a default mode as long as power users are able to turn that stuff off. This is what turns me off on OS X, there is often no way to do certain more advanced things. Or it's hidden so well it requires hours of searching on the web for what plist to modify.

jarin 15y ago
What "advanced" things are you talking about that a regular user would need?
- josch 15y ago
  I would love to be able to remove a (huge) file without going through the trash can.
  - JadeNB 15y ago
    > I would love to be able to remove a (huge) file without going through the trash can. 1. Why? 2. `rm huge-file`
rolleiflex 15y ago
The only thing I felt missing that I needed from OSX Finder is "Rename All". Do you have any other examples of this?
- stephen_g 15y ago
  Cut and pasting files would be useful, but that's about all I miss.
  - glhaynes 15y ago
    In Lion, after copying a file in Finder, you have available both Paste and Move.
    - stephen_g 15y ago
      Thanks, I didn't notice that! The shortcut for move is Cmd-Option-V, if anyone wants to know.