Catching up with Windows
Mark Mischke — “What Linux is teaching me is that the devil is in the details. It’s the little things that add up to give Linux the impression of being a kludge (even though it isn’t). I’m being unfair. Most of the world (esp. the world of software development) is unaware of the concept of software usability. Apple pretty much pioneered it, and Microsoft paid millions to psychologists to get it. It’s no surprise that Linux is bringing up the rear here. To be fair, they’ve done an admirable job. But they’re not there. They don’t _understand_ usability. They’re just trying to emulate what they perceive it to be.”
March 25th, 2004 at 4:39 am
Although Apple is making some nice advancements in the look of the desktop environment, I think Microsoft has moved further ahead in terms of a ‘task based’ approach with the addition of the ‘Task Pane’ on the left hand side. I aslo enjoy some of the networking assistance that XP provides.