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That feels like such an understatement to me. macOS seems almost uniquely undiscoverable in my experience. But this makes me curious! What versions of Mac OS n
by pxc 3y ago
That feels like such an understatement to me. macOS seems almost uniquely undiscoverable in my experience.
But this makes me curious! What versions of Mac OS nailed discoverability and how? I'd love to look at old videos and/or emulate hardware for them and play around.
- hedora 3y agoOS 9 and before emphasized discoverability: https://i.stack.imgur.com/bdY7i.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/bdY7i.jpg Sometime at or after OS X, the industry pivoted to surprise and delight instead, and so did Apple. (Not sure who pioneered it.) This feeds in well with the whole "cult of apple" thing, since to use the laptop / phone, you have to get other users to show you cool non-discoverable tricks. Take this article explaining basic functionality in Finder for example: https://www.lifewire.com/use-mac-finder-2260739 https://www.lifewire.com/use-mac-finder-2260739 I've been using OS X for about 10 years, and didn't know half that stuff. Instead, I know just enough Mac OS CLI to know to avoid macports and brew, and to instead use a hypervisor or ssh to a machine with a reasonable filesystem layout. Here's an article plugging surprise and delight. I'm not a fan, so I'm not going to try to enumerate its purported advantages: https://medium.com/@davidporretta/surprise-and-delight-in-ux-design-31b3675bbf1c https://medium.com/@davidporretta/surprise-and-delight-in-ux... (Begrudgingly sent from an apple device.)
- pxc 3y agoThis is a great reply! Thanks so much. :)