Thanks for the laugh.
Windows is windows. It's buggy, poorly designed, and inefficient. Apple hardware is not going to make windows, a poorly put together knockoff, run like OSX.
Leopard is very buggy, I'm on the 6th bug fix [10.5.7] and considering Finder is part of OSX how on earth can you think it efficient. First thing I do with a new mac install is make sure Finder is used as little as possible or modified to work less badly. PathFinder and Default FolderX help a lot, without them, I would not bother with OSX.
I use both OSs, side by side. Both are better at some things than the other. But Apple software is often simplistic, not simple and at times really difficult to use as a result. You will probably laugh at me for saying such a heinous thing, but i came across an interesting article a few days ago which basically said exactly the same thing, though it was phrased slightly differently. As this article was written by someone who worked at Apple for a long time and was responsible for lots of their fundamental UI stuff, maybe his view may count for more, despite being fundamentally the same as mine.
http://www.asktog.com/columns/075AppleFlatlandPart1.html
Tab to click on pc is there because ...[
It's very useful.
- pc use very tiny trackpads which won't be hit accidentially by user's hand, but also means it lacks accuracy due to small size
- very tiny trackpads = very tiny buttons, hard to use, thus need to use the trackpad to tab
bigger is not necessarily better and having separate buttons is easier for some work. mouse gestures are a pain to do with the Apple no button trackpad, a doddle on any other. Also to underline what you say is fanboi bollox, there's a PC on desk here next to me with massive buttons. In fact they are slightly more than a third of the size of the current Mac trackpad. I find I rarely make mistakes with PC trackpads, even ones with small buttons, but often do with the new MacBook design.
Macs have
- Large trackpads that ignores accidental input
After a
lot of complaining how dreadful it was otherwise. It's still very easy to right click by accident. And the tap click is very, very temperamental in use.
- Much larger button
so there is no need for the pc tiny trackpad workaround, but it's there if you want it.
It's not a workaround, it was simply a good idea first used on PCs and ignored by Apple for a long time as they are too up themselves to ever admit MS did things first/better. Just like the idiocy regarding single button mice despite how clumsy they are in comparison to multibutton mice with scroll wheels. Besides Apple only recently had big trackpads and can only do that by using a crappy compromised keyboard with buttons missing. I have a 13" PC with much better ergonomics than my MBP 17" and no sharp abrasive edges to irritate one's forearms like the new MBP has. Which is a remarkable dreadful design and shows how little function plays a part in designing Apple kit compared to looks.
I also use tap click as it's sooooo much easier than actually clicking with the Apple trackpad and also I don't annoy others with it's loud click.
