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> especially on the Mac. I would say this is also because Apple is perceived as quite hostile to open source development[0], so things in OS X land do not get
by lultimouomo 12y ago
> especially on the Mac.
I would say this is also because Apple is perceived as quite hostile to open source development[0], so things in OS X land do not get the same level of attention the get on Linux and Windows.
It used to be the same with Windows, but I think things has gotten a bit better there.
[0] For instance, having to pay 100$/year to ship your free, open source software to users is bound to push developers away...
- babuskov 12y agoFrom my experience, the problem with open source projects and Mac is that many developers who contribute to open source run Linux and possibly Windows, but do not have access to expensive Apple hardware. So they cannot test on Mac and have no clue that UX is sub-par. Mac ports are usually done one-off by contributors who are not core developers and cannot do bigger modifications to the code. They just tweak things until it works.
- prokoudine 12y agoDitto. Windows and Mac ports are commonly done by users who went out of comfort zone, rather than by developers.