Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS?
Date	2015-01-26 01:53 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-01-26, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was all, like:
>> On 2015-01-24, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>>> OS X underwent major transitions from 10.7 through 10.10, and it showed.
>>>
>>> Apple did really stupid things in 10.7 for reasons that escape me. An 
>>> example was the decision to hide 1/3 of the information shown by Address 
>>> Book at any given time.
>
>> I don't remember having (or even reading about) that issue. You're
>> suggesting Apple did that on purpose for a reason?
>
>>> Thankfully 10.8 restored that. There were a ton 
>>> of similar issues.
>
>> You mean bugs? Yes, 10.7 had a fair share of bugs.
>
> No, this was a stupid "make Contact like ios Contacts" thing. It was dumb.

I'm not sure it had anything to do with making it more like iOS; but
it's certainly possible. To be fair, all they did was hide one pane of
the window, making it a little less convenient to use. It definitely
wasn't a good idea, and I'm glad they reversed their decision.

-- 
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JR

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Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 17:35 +0000
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-01-22 17:58 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 18:07 +0000
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 08:45 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-23 00:27 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 03:01 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-24 03:42 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 13:47 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-25 00:33 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-25 13:42 +1300
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 18:57 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-23 16:20 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 16:22 +0000
          Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-24 21:16 +0000
            Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-24 21:28 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-01-25 17:00 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-25 17:04 +0000
              Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:26 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 01:53 +0000
                Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 11:13 +0000
        Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 01:24 +0000
  Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-01-22 12:55 -0500
    Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-01-22 12:22 -0700
      Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-23 01:06 +0000

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