Want to do ___? Tough.

One of the reasons entrenched Windows users find switching to the Mac unappealing is that the interface is so different.  Different can be better. But in my opinion, after 6 months developing on the Mac, different is definitely NOT better.  I consider myself fairly used to the Mac interface and the Apple way of doing things, and sorry, any version of Windows blows OSX out of the water.

OSX, quite frankly, makes me want to fight.

Today I figured I’d finally see if there was a way to maximize a window without dragging the bottom right out and moving the window around.  This is ridiculously annoying, when sometimes you just want the focus to be on the window you are working in.

Of course, there isn’t.  But in searching I found this Mac user explaining why you shouldn’t even be looking for a Windows feature analogue on the Mac:

“Ask just about any Mac user and I think they’ll agree that it’s one of the many little things that makes the Mac UI superior to Windows. In most cases, maximizing a window serves no practical purpose, and actually just ends up wasting screen space by filling it with blank whitespace. After you get used to Mac behavior, I think you’ll see why it’s better.”

All I can say is, “AHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH“. Seriously, a missing feature is not “superior”, it is a missing feature.  Even if there are good reasons for it not to be there, if 10% or more of your users really need it to get any pleasure out of using your system, it should be in there.

Color me once again completely mystified by Apple.  But every day it becomes a little more clear to me why Apple has had such a lack of success in getting more desktop market share.

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Free App Strategies

A couple weeks ago I thoroughly bummed out a lot of iPhone developers with real, hard numbers from the app store.  Selling apps is a ridiculous gamble, but free is still on the table.  Today I’ll talk about some free app strategies, for those who haven’t abandoned the app store just yet. Read more