At a high-end electronics shop today, I overheard an earnest young salesman explaining all about computers to a new customer: "You can use three different operating systems on a computer -- Apple, HP, and Google."
Installed the Lion upgrade on my iMac this morning, though not without difficulty ... the download crashed the App Store application! My initial thoughts are mixed. Safari seems much improved, and the left/right swipe action there is brilliant. I'm already used to the "reversed" scrolling, but I re-enabled the always-visible scroll bar ... it makes no sense at all to have that disappear on a desktop device. Launchpad is useless for anyone with more than a handful of apps, and since I don't use Spaces I don't really like the new look of Mission Control. Mail seems more solid, though I went back to the classic UI there. There's a lot of serious ugliness in the UI, especially for a design-conscious company like Apple. The Finder and Mail went way too far towards the monochrome look ... the font choices, spacing, and graphic layout all suck. On the other hand, Apple went too far in the other direction in the Address Book and iCal, sacrificing usability and
This is what gave me an urge to visit Kerguelen Island ... it's the only land antipode to any part of Montana. Originally shared by Guy Kawasaki Ever wonder where you'd be if you tunneled straight through the earth? Now you can find out: www.freemaptools.com/tunnel-to-other-side-of-the-earth.htm I'd be right off Madagascar. Where would you be?
Thanks for the warning ;-).
ReplyDeleteI'll have to think of something else, then. ;-p
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant. Must remember, and do this in about three years, once everyone else has forgotten about the prank.
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