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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Does OSX need a Fedora-style testbed OS?
Date: 26 Jan 2015 01:53:24 GMT
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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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