Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	alt.test, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.
Date	2017-05-02 22:03 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yzmp3lc4js98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
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On Tue, 02 May 2017 21:25:03 +0100, Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> wrote:

> In article <op.yzmkegidjs98qf@red.lan>
> "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:44:57 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 4/22/17, 3:25 PM, in article op.yy4a8ampjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> > Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:26:17 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 4/16/17, 2:15 PM, in article op.yys3z7n3js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>> >>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>>>> I have no issue with a modular tool -- but if the BEST choice he can find
>> >>>>>>> for it does not even have auto-spell checking that is sad.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I use it by choice.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Right. And presumably the best choice you can find... I mean why would you
>> >>>>> not use that? Maybe out of habit? But unless there is a good answer it is
>> >>>>> the best choice... and as you admit it has a significant weakness.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Again, not putting you down for it. My Usenet client SUCKS! But it has some
>> >>>>> pretty good abilities in terms of "smart folders" and so I stick with it
>> >>>>> (and there is simply nothing free on macOS I have found which I like).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Which is why you're both stupid for using rare OSs.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ah, you like to use what is common... no matter what downsides it might
>> >>> have. OK.
>> >>
>> >> The more that people use something, the more effort is put into making it work
>> >> well.
>> >>
>> >> Plus it makes you more compatible with everyone else, and you have the support
>> >> from more other people.
>> >
>> > There are many tasks I do which are done better on macOS than on Windows, in
>> > part because of the software but also because of the tools macOS provides
>> > me. Here is a partial list:
>> >
>> >   - Proxy icons
>>
>> Just read up on what those do, and it doesn't make life any simpler. I can do all that stuff easily in Windows without a little icon.
>>
>> >   - A Media Browser
>>
>> Built into Windows File Explorer.
>>
>> >   - Full screen programs integrating with virtual desktops
>> >   - PDF Services
>> >   - A system wide color selector which allows for add-ons
>> >   - A system wide font manager where you can define sets and more
>> >   - Application services
>> >   - Renaming and moving and duplicating from within programs
>> >   - QuickLook (and its integration with so many programs)
>> >   - Saved status indicators
>> >   - A visual versioning system - which allows easy copying and pasting
>> >     from earlier versions
>> >   - A visual backup system that allows a novice to "dig back" into their
>> >     history
>>
>> [skipped these, I have some TV to watch]
>>
>> >   - Consistent print dialogs
>> >   - Consistent save and open dialogs
>> >   - Consistent common dialog names and placements and hot keys
>>
>> Consistent in Windows too.
>>
>> > These things are not done perfectly on macOS and the programs that run on
>> > it, but they are generally done well.
>> >
>> >>>> Use windows and have a
>> >>>> huge array of choice for newsreaders and every other program.
>> >>>
>> >>> But that does not mean Windows always has the best-of-class software NOT the
>> >>> best workflows.
>> >>
>> >> More options, more likelihood of the best.
>> >
>> > I use iWork often... nothing like it on Windows that I know of.
>>
>> Looks just like MS Office to me.
>>
>> And whats with the i before everything?  It gives an impression that a Mac is a child's toy.  Do they still use words like"finder" and "chooser"?
>>
>> > And other
>> > tools on Windows do not, of course, tap into the things I list above or
>> > similar things. They cannot because Windows does not offer most of those
>> > (though with the dialogs I guess it is not too far off).
>> >
>> > But use what you like. That is why *I* like macOS, but it does not mean it
>> > is the best choice for you... nor that it is the best choice for those who
>> > prefer Linux. Good to know at least the basics of each, though, so you can
>> > decide for yourself (assuming you care to).
>>
>> Tried them all, hate everything but Windows.  Linux is too geeky, Mac is too childish.
>>
>> --
>> Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish

What is the point to your reposts?

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 20:00 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2017-05-02 20:25 +0000
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 22:03 +0100
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 14:20 -0700
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-02 23:53 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 14:07 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-05-02 23:54 +0100
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-02 16:01 -0700

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