OK. I'm just confused then. If the mouse and pointer don't constitute user interface then we have a semantics problem. What do you mean by "User Interface"? You talk about the keyboard, but if there was ONE thing I always thought the Mac did properly, it was to incorporate consistent keyboard commands that worked intuitively in every application that followed Apple's guidelines (after all they came built into the ROM toolbox) across the board from 1984 on -- I am constantly amazed that key commands I use under System 1.0 work the same under OSX. For my money the Mac keyboard always traveled first class. Windows on OTOH was always a confusing jumble of right and left mouse clicks, CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, CMND, FUNCTION and letter key combos that changed from application to application (and even WITHIN the application!). That sounds more like 3rd class steerage treatment to me. And I never accused you of saying it was desirable. But I am curious to know specifically why you consider the Mac interface treats the keyboard less than first-class compared to Windows 3.1, if no other differences.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter da Silva) > >> Peter, Peter, Peter! First, Windows has always had a jerky pointer. They >> have never fixed it. It sucked then and it sucks now. Frankly, I don't care >> what else they did right, if moving the pointer bothers me, how can I be >> expected to be productive with the rest of it. [etc etc etc blah blah] > > Um, dude, where did I say that Windows was a desirable platform? > NO bloody where, that's where. Read for content. Try this quote: > "The OS under the hood was crap". Does that sound like someone who > disagrees with you about the utter stinking abomination that is > Windows? > > All I said was that there were *features* in Windows that I think > Apple should have learned from. Like, having a consistent user > interface that treated the keyboard as a first-class citizen. > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
