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Letter to the macsexual community

November 4, 2008 15:40 by kcorax

To the people that are whining again over Windows 7 copying OSX's dock:

look at how the Dock copied the Taskbar in the first place. OS Classic users need to think what they had before that.
the simple fact that 7’s taskbar has only 3 things in common with the Dock:
1. the use of icons instead of descriptions, which is inevitable for multitaskers and makes sense in a touch enabled OS.
2. the ability to reorder things, which was a longtime request of users
3. the ability to mix launchers with instance switching. Launchers such as the Dock's stacks existed in Windows since the shell 95

And the reason I'm bitching about this, is that now that the macsexuals have started bitching, I'm bound to hear shit like : "Why do you use a copycat OS ?" AGAIN.

Thing is, OSX has systematically ripped off every bit of Windows they found interesting, JUST like Microsoft has.

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Comments

November 5. 2008 07:27

[quote]OSX has systematically ripped off every bit of Windows they found interesting, JUST like Microsoft has[quote]

I (really) don't know if this is true. Which probably is. But who cares? What matters is whether we (the users) work with good OS. No?

porcupine

November 6. 2008 00:41

I *absolutely* agree, but every time I get approached by people who are there just to be smug about their furniture (whether it's mac a pc or a linux box) I die a little on the inside.

Things like "Why do you use a copycat OS ?" or "You're cool, why aren't you using a mac ?" and "Got any Windows Updates today ?" take a toll on my soul.

KCorax

November 7. 2008 11:24

I agree in first place that what matters is whether the users work with good OS.
But is not the task bar or the dock that makes difference! Is all about the core philosophy of the two systems that is placed at a different level (and different market).

Got any Windows Updates today ?

dimitris @ insideabox