at least the
"Programs" menu is considerably easier to get to than the
"Applications" folder on OS X.
In Windows 2000 it was. In XP it actually took me a couple of tries
to find it... they really want to encourage you to use their software
by choice... and of course in Panther and Tiger the Applications
folder is right there in the hateful sidebar. Click the "smiley face"
instead of "Start" to see it.
I have a folder in my Dock that looks like this:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 13 Jun 2 09:21 Applications -> /
Applications
lrwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 23 Jun 2 09:21 Developer -> /Developer/
Applications
-rw-r--r-- 1 peter peter 0 Jun 2 11:16 Icon?
lrwxr-xr-x 1 peter peter 19 Jun 2 09:21 My Applications -> /
Local/Applications
Apple needs to make this a smart folder that's right next to the
smiley face, that you can drag stuff into and that gives you a menu
on click
