Path: csiph.com!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: alt.test,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 22:03:11 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 108 Message-ID: References: <4FwEA.88503$Fv2.19955@fx02.iad> <7356dd59ba0e3e434992231fc2c1d7b9@remailer.paranoici.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com alt.test:391980 comp.sys.mac.system:106123 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41666 On Tue, 02 May 2017 21:25:03 +0100, Anonymous wrote: > In article > "James Wilkinson Sword" wrote: >> >> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:44:57 +0100, Snit wrote: >> >> > On 4/22/17, 3:25 PM, in article op.yy4a8ampjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >> > Sword" wrote: >> > >> >> On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:26:17 +0100, Snit wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 4/16/17, 2:15 PM, in article op.yys3z7n3js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >> >>> Sword" 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? -- If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?