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You are not getting down-voted for speaking ill of Gnome/KDE but rather for making a completely subjective statement as though it were established, objective fa

by glesica 14y ago

You are not getting down-voted for speaking ill of Gnome/KDE but rather for making a completely subjective statement as though it were established, objective fact. I have used OS X as my primary OS for long periods of time (totaling about 15 months) on two separate occasions and I currently use XFCE. For me, OS X is unusable garbage. Am I somehow fundamentally defective as a human being? Or do I just have different preferences than you? The latter seems far more likely to me.

lucianm 14y ago
You didn't try OS X long enough. This is more likely.
- kitsune_ 14y ago
  Or he used OS X long enough to witness its flaws.
- snowman41 14y ago
  Um, nine years? Did you read his post? If nine years isn't enough to recognize any flaws, than the software is flawed anyways.
  - pimeys 14y ago
    Or you grow up yourself. People change.
pimeys 14y ago
I've used OSX for the last nine years, and I'm also starting to think the OSX GUI is kind of crappy. I prefer tiling window managers nowadays, their as-fast-as-possible user interface and their no bullshit look and feel.
EternalFury 14y ago
Actually, in the end, I came out even and my original post is worth +1. Obviously, everyone has an opinion. You are entitled to yours. Mine is mine and that of most UX people I have spoken to. I have used XFCE, I have used CDE, NextSTEP, the Irix UI, Gnome, KDE, Comice OS, Mint Linux, all versions of Windows, all version of Mac OS...and I happen to believe Mac OS X is the culmination of decades of gradual, tedious, laborious, unoriginal improvement. I just happen to believe it's better than any alternative. I may be wrong. I am not a man of great certainties. My original point stands: People should spend less time repackaging existing distributions with a different logo and background image, and more time coming up with a UI that can compete with something a proprietary, profit-oriented entity came up with.

by glesica 14y ago

lucianm 14y ago

You didn't try OS X long enough. This is more likely.

kitsune_ 14y ago
Or he used OS X long enough to witness its flaws.
snowman41 14y ago
Um, nine years? Did you read his post? If nine years isn't enough to recognize any flaws, than the software is flawed anyways.
- pimeys 14y ago
  Or you grow up yourself. People change.

pimeys 14y ago

I've used OSX for the last nine years, and I'm also starting to think the OSX GUI is kind of crappy. I prefer tiling window managers nowadays, their as-fast-as-possible user interface and their no bullshit look and feel.

EternalFury 14y ago

Actually, in the end, I came out even and my original post is worth +1. Obviously, everyone has an opinion. You are entitled to yours. Mine is mine and that of most UX people I have spoken to. I have used XFCE, I have used CDE, NextSTEP, the Irix UI, Gnome, KDE, Comice OS, Mint Linux, all versions of Windows, all version of Mac OS...and I happen to believe Mac OS X is the culmination of decades of gradual, tedious, laborious, unoriginal improvement. I just happen to believe it's better than any alternative. I may be wrong. I am not a man of great certainties. My original point stands: People should spend less time repackaging existing distributions with a different logo and background image, and more time coming up with a UI that can compete with something a proprietary, profit-oriented entity came up with.