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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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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

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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. 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
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