Tmatt95 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2005, 489 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1585 times:
As a fun exercise, I thought I would start this thread where people can upload screen shots of the little things that they like about their OS. This can be anything from video players to setting menus. To get the ball rolling, below is something I like about Ubuntu, which is the operating system on my computer:
The add remove programs manager:
I now never have to spend time surfing Google for programs. All I do is search for what I am looking for and click install. It will then do all the hard work and download the program and install it for me. There are no wizards on most programs and makes installing a program very quick:
TZ757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2836 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1563 times:
ANITIX87 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 3233 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 1531 times:
Quoting Tom12 (Reply 3): I like the Aero thing with the Windows Vista
Oh wow. I knew Vista was supposed to be a crappy version of Mac OS, but I didn't realize they'd actually copies, pixel for pixel, Mac's design.
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Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4): Oh wow. I knew Vista was supposed to be a crappy version of Mac OS, but I didn't realize they'd actually copies, pixel for pixel, Mac's design.
TIS
Having tried Vista and OSX, I have to disagree with you. Every car has a steering wheel and so with OS's, every operating system has aspects of the GUI which look the same. This does not mean that one is a "copy" of the other. If Windows had copied Mac, Mac would take legal action (Apple like legal action). They have not... because they can't.
Rivalry is great and when there is no rivalry, there is no innovation. Some could say that Microsoft copied Mosaic when they created their web browser but this rivalry has led to what we have today which is great.
Rammstein From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 1423 times:
Quoting Tmatt95 (Reply 5): This does not mean that one is a "copy" of the other. If Windows had copied Mac, Mac would take legal action
You are right, I will rephrase what ANITIX87 really meant:
Quoting ANITIX87 (Reply 4):
Oh wow. I knew Vista was supposed to be a crappy version of Mac OS, but I didn't realize they'd actually implement the ideas and functions already available in Macs three-four years ago
Oh wow. I knew Vista was supposed to be a crappy version of Mac OS, but I didn't realize they'd actually implement the ideas and functions already available in Macs three-four years ago
angel
I know you are joking but will respond anyway . Although the operating systems look and most of the major functions were introduced in 2001 (file manager etc). Spotlight for example (the search function) was only released in 2005, when they released Tiger. I use spotlight as an example. With the blanket statement you put above, it infers that everything that Windows now does, was available on a Mac in 2001 and that is plain wrong. Dashboard is another example of a feature that was not around in 2001.
Matt
P.S After writing the reply, I see you have put "3-4" but still is not 2005
It is hard to overstate how much this feature alone boosts the productivity of working with multiple (many!) windows at the same time. Switching from one window to another or dragging objects between any windows is completely effortless and just a matter of a second or two, even if thirty or fifty windows are open at the same time which is not unusual for me.
Tmatt95 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2005, 489 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 1309 times:
Quoting Klaus (Reply 14): Exposé is my favourite feature of MacOS X "Tiger":
A great feature. I used it for a few hours on my friends Mac at first before discovering it on my Linux box (when all the special effects are turned on in Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn. Move the mouse to the top right, as far as it will go and click. Then click on the Window to select it)
Below is a screen shot of it on Linux:
P.S I am no stock market person. I had the window open to see how to buy shares, as I am toying with the idea of buying shares in my local bus company as an end of exam treat
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20859 posts, RR: 55 Reply 18, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago) and read 1245 times:
Quoting Tmatt95 (Reply 15): A great feature. I used it for a few hours on my friends Mac at first before discovering it on my Linux box
Yeah. It has been copied pretty much for every platform by now. I'd like to check if they all actually offer the same usability (such as full drag-and-drop support across Exposé switching, various navigation modes et cetera), but at least superficially the Linux and Windows versions do look quite similar.
Vista's "Flip 3D" tool as depicted above clearly tries to mimic it as well, but unfortunately not remotely at the same level of usability.
NWA742 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 19, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1221 times:
Hey Klaus, because I know you're a Mac fan, I thought I would drop by again and share with you this informative website about Mac users that I stumbled upon. It makes for a lovely afternoon read.
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20859 posts, RR: 55 Reply 20, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1207 times:
Quoting NWA742 (Reply 19): Hey Klaus, because I know you're a Mac fan, I thought I would drop by again and share with you this informative website about Mac users that I stumbled upon. It makes for a lovely afternoon read.
Some people clearly can't deal with the possible existence of IT products which may actually not suck as hard as they're used to...!
NWA742 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1203 times:
Quoting Klaus (Reply 20): Some people clearly can't deal with the possible existence of IT products which may actually not suck as hard as they're used to...!
Modern OS's only suck if you don't know what you're doing.
Tmatt95 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2005, 489 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1196 times:
Quoting Klaus (Reply 20): Some people clearly can't deal with the possible existence of IT products which may actually not suck as hard as they're used to...! Big grin
There are a lot of reasons why people stick with what they have got. Some look at prices. Others stick with what they know how to use. Others have dated ideas to do with the operating system. Others still might even like the idea of an operating system being able to "suck"
NWA742 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1188 times:
Quoting Klaus (Reply 23): Says someone who's got actual experience with which ones in practice...?
Limited with Vista, many years with XP, and several on-off runs with friends' Macs. I don't see how one sucks compared to the other. It boils down to opinion, and you can have a great system with either kind as long as you know what you're doing. I'm building my next beast in the coming weaks on Vista, we'll see how that goes.
-NWA742
25 Klaus: Small wonder. Mere dabbling with another system for a few minutes will tell you very little about the actual differences. Actually configuring and us
26 NWA742: I understand that, I'm just saying I haven't seen anything so far that makes one invariably better than the other - and certainly not to the point wh
27 COIAHLGW: I had so much fun with this computer back in the day - Amstrad CPC464!
28 Itsjustme: Nicely done. You've successfully hijacked this thread and turned it into a pissing match. Klaus, do you think it's possible for you to participate in
29 Klaus: You can easily check for yourself that it wasn't that simple.
30 LTU932: MS-DOS was real fun, back in the day. I used to love messing around with it or just installing it.
31 Tmatt95: The Cube: Heres another feature I like. They call it the cube and it quadruples the amount of desktop space you have on a computer: I find it great wh
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