Thanks all for the corrections and advice in this thread.
I was getting ease of use mixed up with perfection - good point to make.
What I am reading here is that it seems to be harder to screw OS X up - just dragging an applcation's icon to the trash can will renove it and won't screw up other applications (unlike Windows where removing one application can remove the installer for a related application.)
Discotronic - did you mention setting up hotspots with 'Expose'? I think Expose really is a swish feature of the Mac (almost like a sci-fi special effect!) - the ability to activate it by just moving the mouse would really kill the impression I got that Microsoft had the better user interface element with the Task bar (don't flame me for that last thought - just my opinion at the time.)
I'm not exactly sure which application my sister's emac hangs under - but I would bet it's almost certainly Safari - when trying to view a video or something like that. I once got a spinning beachball for ages and actually killed safari off. It didn't bring the system down. I think she may be confusing hanging with freezes. I once just left safari to it's own thing - and control was restored.
BTW - if Safari is so slow - why is it so lauded on the Mac? When IE 1 and IE 2 were bundled with PC's, people just used Netscape - because it was better. People only started to use IE again when it caught up in terms of speed and features. It was this fact that caused Microsoft to sit up and take heed. We wouldn't have the likes of Firefox, Opera etc, if the market hadn't been made so competetive by the users.
How's this for a useabilty enhancement? A 'Tip of the Day' feature on startup? It could be turned off - but would provide help to newbies on the purpose and usage of the Dock, Expose, Finder etc.
Remember, for a newb it is more explanatory to have a name for a function such as 'My Computer' than 'Finder', and 'Internet Explorer' rather than 'Safari'. The difference lies in naming something according to its fucntion rather than just branding it.
Please don't think that I am being antagonistic with my comments - it's just that I believe that us 'switchers' can add something useful to the user requests for functionality by taking some of the best bits of Windows and adding them to what seems like a better multi-tasking OS.
I was getting ease of use mixed up with perfection - good point to make.
What I am reading here is that it seems to be harder to screw OS X up - just dragging an applcation's icon to the trash can will renove it and won't screw up other applications (unlike Windows where removing one application can remove the installer for a related application.)
Discotronic - did you mention setting up hotspots with 'Expose'? I think Expose really is a swish feature of the Mac (almost like a sci-fi special effect!) - the ability to activate it by just moving the mouse would really kill the impression I got that Microsoft had the better user interface element with the Task bar (don't flame me for that last thought - just my opinion at the time.)
I'm not exactly sure which application my sister's emac hangs under - but I would bet it's almost certainly Safari - when trying to view a video or something like that. I once got a spinning beachball for ages and actually killed safari off. It didn't bring the system down. I think she may be confusing hanging with freezes. I once just left safari to it's own thing - and control was restored.
BTW - if Safari is so slow - why is it so lauded on the Mac? When IE 1 and IE 2 were bundled with PC's, people just used Netscape - because it was better. People only started to use IE again when it caught up in terms of speed and features. It was this fact that caused Microsoft to sit up and take heed. We wouldn't have the likes of Firefox, Opera etc, if the market hadn't been made so competetive by the users.
How's this for a useabilty enhancement? A 'Tip of the Day' feature on startup? It could be turned off - but would provide help to newbies on the purpose and usage of the Dock, Expose, Finder etc.
Remember, for a newb it is more explanatory to have a name for a function such as 'My Computer' than 'Finder', and 'Internet Explorer' rather than 'Safari'. The difference lies in naming something according to its fucntion rather than just branding it.
Please don't think that I am being antagonistic with my comments - it's just that I believe that us 'switchers' can add something useful to the user requests for functionality by taking some of the best bits of Windows and adding them to what seems like a better multi-tasking OS.