Today, I’ve chatted with a university friend about the new version of Mac OS X, which is called Leopard. He really loves Microsoft Windows and like every Windows lover, he believes that Vista is not a cheap rip-off? After a one-hour discussion, the following video convinced me that he was absolutely right. ;-)
Mac OS X Felling in Microsoft Windows
December 9, 2007
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Five years ago, I decided to move completely from Microsoft Windows to Mac OS X. I did this because Mac OS X has sitting a real Unix operating system underneath of an awesome graphical user interface. I never understood in Windows why I have to press on “Start” to put my Laptop in standby mode. Despite this, I never was a huge advocate of the Windows graphical user interface, because I think it is not according to Fitts’ law.
Fitts’ law is pretty straightforward; the time to acquire a target is a function of the proximity and size of the target. For example: A user can click on a very large button that is close to the current pointer position more quickly than they can click on a small button that is further away. It seems so obvious, doesn’t it? Unfortunately I have to use Windows on my IBM Thinkpad T41p company laptop.
Last Friday evening I was too tired to go out with friends, so I decided to rework the look and feel of my Windows desktop. As dock I use ObjectDock from Stardock. Following you can find a screenshot how desktop looks now.
