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  • Incidentally, here is an excellent example of Apple ignoring their own HIG (right in the core of the user interface for OSX). http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/more_smart_cut_copy_paste
    xbaz had this to say on Apr 28, 2006 Posts: 11
    Human Interface Guidelines: The Mac Zealots' Con?
  • There's also a fair few differences between the "classic" Apple HIG and the OSX HIG. Not least that Apple ignores both of them (and consistent application behaviour) nowadays.
    xbaz had this to say on Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 11
    Human Interface Guidelines: The Mac Zealots' Con?
  • I bet Leopard will inlcude virtualisation to let you run windows apps alongside mac ones - leading to massive corporate uptake
    xbaz had this to say on Apr 05, 2006 Posts: 11
    Unreal: Apple Officially Supports Windows with Bootcamp
  • I'd read somewhere that the key point about the Microsoft deal was that IBM wanted exclusive rights to the operating system but Gates refused (sensing that IBM was desperate). So even if DR had got the deal then the chances are they wouldn't have been able to exploit the situation in the way that MS did because they would have been tied in contractually.
    xbaz had this to say on Feb 20, 2006 Posts: 11
    What if Microsoft Never Existed, Part 2: A Destiny Destroyed
  • One thing I noticed from the article is that "corporate Wintel buyers ... are unlikely to get Dell machines until early February" When are the MacBooks shipping? This seems to be about publicity and who can conduct the best marketing campaign.
    xbaz had this to say on Jan 13, 2006 Posts: 11
    Apple in charge?
  • Never used it but Plan 9 (http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/) was an attempt to take Unix's idea of everything being a file as far as it can go. It was named after the B-Movie. As for Chris Howard: I included TOS but "Atari STs were heaps better than Amigas" - that's fighting talk. Outside now.
    xbaz had this to say on Dec 09, 2005 Posts: 11
    How Many Operating Systems Can You Name?
  • VMS, TOS, Plan-9
    xbaz had this to say on Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 11
    How Many Operating Systems Can You Name?
  • another thing I noticed was Intel talking about running full blown OSes on palmtop and handheld sized computers at their roadmap announcements.
    xbaz had this to say on Aug 24, 2005 Posts: 11
    Can Apple save the Tablet?
  • I haven't got one and I have no plans to get one ... but isn't a "right-click" or "secondary click" or whatever supposed to be a Ctrl-Click and not a Command-Click. In which case it is working exactly as advertised.
    xbaz had this to say on Aug 09, 2005 Posts: 11
    Mighty Mouse: Excrement Now Comes in White
  • you b*stard. I've got starship going round my head now.
    xbaz had this to say on Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 11
    When A Dollar Beats Free: Lessons From The iTunes Music Store
  • Windows Server 2003 is a very good OS. They are cutting features because they are busy beefing up security and fixing bugs so their desktop OS will be as good as 2003. And that will sell to corporates.
    xbaz had this to say on Jul 01, 2005 Posts: 11
    How Microsoft Will Die