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Can you give some examples on why you think Windows XP is better than macOS and also how macOS is crap?

icelancer 5y ago
Command vs. ALT/CTRL bindings are vastly superior in Windows. The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. I had the first Macbook Retina and used it for years at a company where it made sense to do so; when I handed it in and left for my own startup life, I was open to either OS (couldn't use Linux as the daily driver since I my industry uses a lot of Windows-only programs), and Windows was just far more productive to use on a regular basis. The only thing I miss is Final Cut Pro, and Sublime Text to some degree (VS Code has been an adequate replacement).
- bitigchi 5y ago
  LOL. Not at all. Mac keyboard shortcuts are explicitly more reachable than its Windows counterparts. Try reaching alt+f4 versus command+w/q. Also macOS incorporates more keyboard shortcuts than any other OS. You will need to elaborate more on this one.
- Duckton 5y ago
  It’s funny how different it can be for different people. I switch regularly between macOS and Fedora, and have windows on a ssd for gaming. I agree on the Command vs. CTRL bindings thing. It’s annoying when switching between the two systems. I recently wanted to pick up unity, and decided to try it on windows. I have to say, as strongly as you find macOS annoying I find windows annoying. Fx system settings, for some reason when I have to change something it takes me ages to navigate through the UI to find what I’m looking for. But maybe it’s all just personal preference and what one is used to.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  > The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. I’m actually pretty sure the Mac’s Command key predates ctrl being used for this purpose.
- kergonath 5y ago
  > Command vs. ALT/CTRL bindings are vastly superior in Windows. The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. Command is much more accessible as part of a shortcut than control. Also, alt is much more useful as a composition key than as a pseudo-control key. And seriously, who in their right mind believes that things like alt-F4 are a good idea? The way Windows shortcuts work is particularly idiosyncratic and makes sense only as an historical oddity from way back when DOS had to coexist with Windows.
2-718-281-828 5y ago
- Finder - Applications not actually being terminated when clicking on the close icon - lagging / unreliable context menu opening with middle-index-finger on apps in dock bar - the concept of installing something by moving it from an icon on the left to an icon on the right - or when you can't start apps due to connectivity issues - app removal is totally opaque and sometimes requires to download a custom uninstallation tool (adobe creative cloud f.x.)
- Duckton 5y ago
  I find finder more productive than explorer. I love the fact that clicking the close icon of a window doesn’t terminate the application Haven’t experienced this, not sure what you are referring to. Also something I like. The fact that an installation is just moving an executable, is to me, superior to an entire process with regedit and what not. As I said somewhere below, it might just come down to what one is used to and not objective facts.
  - 2-718-281-828 5y ago
    > I love the fact that clicking the close icon of a window doesn’t terminate the application what is the difference then between closing and minimizing?
    - Duckton 5y ago
      I minimise when I want to get the content, fx a VS code workspace, out of the way to retrieve it later. Close is when I am done with that particular window/workspace. Command+Q is when I’m done working in VS code entirely.
    - kergonath 5y ago
      > what is the difference then between closing and minimizing? Closing is putting away, as in “I don’t think I’ll need it in the near future”, and minimising is putting aside as in “I’ll probably come back to this in 5 minutes”. The minimised window is not cluttering the screen but still accessible from the dock and list of open windows in its application. This is not related to the problem you claimed to have with an application being still open without having a single window.
jayd16 5y ago
MacOS and its applications relegate far too much functionality to hidden "power tools." Often its impossible to know what is clickable in macOS. Windows XP features were easy to discover. Scroll bars were not hidden. Buttons looked like buttons.

Command vs. ALT/CTRL bindings are vastly superior in Windows. The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. I had the first Macbook Retina and used it for years at a company where it made sense to do so; when I handed it in and left for my own startup life, I was open to either OS (couldn't use Linux as the daily driver since I my industry uses a lot of Windows-only programs), and Windows was just far more productive to use on a regular basis. The only thing I miss is Final Cut Pro, and Sublime Text to some degree (VS Code has been an adequate replacement).

bitigchi 5y ago
LOL. Not at all. Mac keyboard shortcuts are explicitly more reachable than its Windows counterparts. Try reaching alt+f4 versus command+w/q. Also macOS incorporates more keyboard shortcuts than any other OS. You will need to elaborate more on this one.
Duckton 5y ago
It’s funny how different it can be for different people. I switch regularly between macOS and Fedora, and have windows on a ssd for gaming. I agree on the Command vs. CTRL bindings thing. It’s annoying when switching between the two systems. I recently wanted to pick up unity, and decided to try it on windows. I have to say, as strongly as you find macOS annoying I find windows annoying. Fx system settings, for some reason when I have to change something it takes me ages to navigate through the UI to find what I’m looking for. But maybe it’s all just personal preference and what one is used to.
Wowfunhappy 5y ago
> The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. I’m actually pretty sure the Mac’s Command key predates ctrl being used for this purpose.
kergonath 5y ago
> Command vs. ALT/CTRL bindings are vastly superior in Windows. The MacOS method of using the Command button is different for the sake of being different, not for any actual productive reason. Command is much more accessible as part of a shortcut than control. Also, alt is much more useful as a composition key than as a pseudo-control key. And seriously, who in their right mind believes that things like alt-F4 are a good idea? The way Windows shortcuts work is particularly idiosyncratic and makes sense only as an historical oddity from way back when DOS had to coexist with Windows.

2-718-281-828 5y ago

- Finder - Applications not actually being terminated when clicking on the close icon - lagging / unreliable context menu opening with middle-index-finger on apps in dock bar - the concept of installing something by moving it from an icon on the left to an icon on the right - or when you can't start apps due to connectivity issues - app removal is totally opaque and sometimes requires to download a custom uninstallation tool (adobe creative cloud f.x.)

Duckton 5y ago
I find finder more productive than explorer. I love the fact that clicking the close icon of a window doesn’t terminate the application Haven’t experienced this, not sure what you are referring to. Also something I like. The fact that an installation is just moving an executable, is to me, superior to an entire process with regedit and what not. As I said somewhere below, it might just come down to what one is used to and not objective facts.
- 2-718-281-828 5y ago
  > I love the fact that clicking the close icon of a window doesn’t terminate the application what is the difference then between closing and minimizing?
  - Duckton 5y ago
    I minimise when I want to get the content, fx a VS code workspace, out of the way to retrieve it later. Close is when I am done with that particular window/workspace. Command+Q is when I’m done working in VS code entirely.
  - kergonath 5y ago
    > what is the difference then between closing and minimizing? Closing is putting away, as in “I don’t think I’ll need it in the near future”, and minimising is putting aside as in “I’ll probably come back to this in 5 minutes”. The minimised window is not cluttering the screen but still accessible from the dock and list of open windows in its application. This is not related to the problem you claimed to have with an application being still open without having a single window.

jayd16 5y ago

MacOS and its applications relegate far too much functionality to hidden "power tools." Often its impossible to know what is clickable in macOS. Windows XP features were easy to discover. Scroll bars were not hidden. Buttons looked like buttons.