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| Subject | Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) |
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| References | (20 earlier) <040520171549044500%nospam@nospam.invalid> <XnNOA.95977$3%2.46724@fx09.iad> <040520171802516115%nospam@nospam.invalid> <9GPOA.787$CO7.633@fx27.iad> <040520172107049308%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech |
| From | Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> |
| Message-ID | <Z95PA.55225$se.23002@fx38.iad> (permalink) |
| Organization | Newshosting.com - Highest quality at a great price! www.newshosting.com |
| Date | 2017-05-05 16:22 -0400 |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
On 2017-05-04 21:07, nospam wrote: > In article <9GPOA.787$CO7.633@fx27.iad>, Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > >>>>>> And what's more (older?) Mac OS >>>>>> versions wouldn't even let you copy and paste a file! >>>>> >>>>> because that's a very stupid way to move files, and dragging is faster. >>>> >>>> For older folk with declining fine motor skills, Copy'n'Paste is safer. >>>> And we're all eventually older folk. >>> >>> it's not safer. it's a two step process, which is *more* confusing and >>> more prone to error as well as being inconsistent with the rest of the >>> ui, something which affects everyone, not just for old people. >> >> I'm finding drag'n'drop harder to do now than I used to, and I do a lot >> of it. Dragging from the right-hand pane to the correct folder name in >> the left hand pane is tricky. > > that sounds like column mode, which is not optimal for moving files. Works for me. >> Anyone whose hands are beginning to shake >> has even more problems with drag'n'drop. > > there are all sorts of accessibility options for those with shaky hands > as well as other motor skill impairments, visual impairments and much > more. > >>>> For me, the well-thought-out, intuitive ways of doing things on a Mac >>>> weren't enough to keep me there, because there were almost no >>>> alternatives, either built-in or via 3rd party programs. >>> >>> of course there were alternatives. >>> >>> you just didn't look for any. >> >> Oh yes, I did. > > not a very effective one. otherwise you would have found numerous > alternatives. Ah, yes, you have some way of time travelling and watching me search for alternatives to the bundled apps. ASnd you took note, which you have no doubt consulted. >> If I'd found the same quality and variety as I was used >> to from the Windows world (Win2000 by the time I stopped using the >> Powerbook), I would probably still be a Mac user. I gave the Powerbook >> to my grand-daughter, who liked her friend's Powerbook, but she replaced >> it with a Windows machine about a year later. She now has an iPad for >> fun, and a Windows laptop for work. > > the raw quantity of apps may be higher on windows, but the quality is > lower, often substantially so. If by "lower quality" you mean "do less", that's sometimes an advantage. > not that it matters, since all windows apps run natively on a mac, as > do almost all linux apps (the only ones are ones which rely on linux > specifics), which means a mac has the *widest* choice of software of > any platform. You are using "natively" in a rather strange way. >> BTW, as part of my volunteer service on a board of directors, I used an >> iPad for a couple of years. Didn't change my opinion of Apple products. >> They do what they do very well indeed, and if their work style suits >> you, you'll be very happy. But if you have any maverick tendencies, >> Apple is not for you. > > nonsense. It worked well enough for what it was set up for: the app handled agendas, reports, minutes, etc, and the annotation facility was quite good. At the same time, I bought a Surface Pro. Same size as the iPad. Cost about 15% more than a (new) iPad. Better screen, much better camera. And of course a _complete_ PC. > also, don't make the mistake of comparing a tablet os (android or ipad) > to a desktop os (mac or windows). they have two very different design > goals and very different use cases. Oh, granted. >> And that's my considered opinion. > > you're certainly welcome to your opinion, even if it's demonstrably > wrong. What makes you think that an opinion is right or wrong? -- Best, Wolf K https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com "What good is it having lower taxes when you can’t drink the water?”
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 12:32 +0100
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 19:13 +0100
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:07 +0100
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 16:15 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:42 +0100
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 18:02 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 15:29 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 18:31 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 16:17 -0700
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 15:07 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 15:08 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 18:52 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-04 20:32 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 21:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 15:30 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-04 17:51 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-04 20:27 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 16:22 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 17:35 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 15:28 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-05 19:11 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 16:24 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 19:00 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 16:17 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-04 20:53 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 15:26 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 17:17 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-05-05 18:05 -0500
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-05 19:11 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-05-05 21:51 -0500
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-05-07 18:10 -0500
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:23 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 16:27 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-05-07 18:32 -0500
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-05 19:11 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 22:49 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 22:41 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 15:13 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 12:18 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 20:44 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 20:07 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 17:21 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 15:26 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-05 19:11 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 16:28 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 16:35 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 16:09 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:23 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 16:30 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 20:09 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 17:23 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 21:26 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 19:48 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 19:52 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 16:54 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 20:09 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 17:24 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 15:17 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-05 22:43 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-05 21:12 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 15:04 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-07 12:11 -0700
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 20:36 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 19:05 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-05-07 19:55 -0400
Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-07 20:09 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 21:07 -0400
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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 21:55 -0400
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