Exactly, and although I have yet to use a Mac to any great extent, I can see the benefits of how their Scheme works. Upgrade slowly, get the users used to something slowly, so that it's not a jarring experience. And of course means, that they don't tend to bring in new features very quickly, but it means that the system is continually evolving, and not staying static for 10 years. Regards: Dallas
On 02/05/2013, at 2:04, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dallas, > > Agreed. It is sort of amusing because as you said Microsoft has stuck > with the XP look and feel for so long that users forgot what it was > like to go from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 or from Windows 98 to XP. > Both offered major changes in the user interface and I don't remember > people screaming quite as loudly or as fanatically as they are over > Windows 7 and Windows8. > > However, what I think they need is a point of comparison. As you > pointed out is that other operating systems haven't stood still or > been quite as static as Windows has been for the last ten or so years. > The Linux graphical desktop environments like Gnome have constantly > been updating and evolving little by little until we have something > completely different from what we had ten ore more years ago. Today > Gnome 3.8 is as different from Gnome 2.8 as Windows 8 is from XP, but > that change was gradual rather than over night. There was some > grumbling on the Orca list when Gnome whent from Gnome 2.32 to 3.0, > but those were mainly over access issues rather than the UI changes. > > This might sound a bit harsh,but I think Windows users are a bit > spoiled by the fact Microsoft chose to keep their user interface as > long as they have. Apple, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, and pretty much > anybody who is anyone has been changing their user interfaces from > version to version and Microsoft just chose to hit their customers all > at once rather than ease them into it the way other software companies > have. > > On 5/1/13, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It's kind of ironic. Apple in a lot of ways, invented what we now know as >> windows. Microsoft actually use the ideas that apple used originally. Mind >> you, Apple didn't invent it either really. They technically got it from >> Xerox. LOL. So blame Xerox. >> The interesting thing about this, is that people are complaining about how >> different windows 8 is to Windows 7 and earlier. Because Microsoft didn't >> change very much in Windows for so long, So the change now has come as >> somewhat of a shock to some people. Especially those that have been using >> windows for some time. >> Of course, Apple has been changing continually, over a long period of time, >> making small changes here and there, so as not to make it such a jarring >> experience. Microsoft has made the mistake, of waiting too long before >> making a change to windows in a major way. Whereas Apple has done it slowly >> over about 10 years. >> >> It's kind of amusing, to hear people talking about 32-bit and 64-bit >> Windows, and what software can run on one and what can't run on the other. >> Because, quite simply, Apple made the choice to go permanently 64-bit. >> Because of this, they don't tend to have this kind of problem. About the >> only thing that doesn't run now, Would be older apps designed for the old >> processes. So Apple have in fact made the jump to 64-bit completely, whereas >> windows is still again, a kind of half way measure, where you can do both. >> It would be so much simpler, if Microsoft would do the same. Make everything >> 64-bit, if you want support for anything else, you will have to use >> emulators, or an old computer. >> And in fact, from all the information we have got now, the next major >> version of windows, is going to do Exactly that. There will be no 32-bit >> version. And it's about time. LOL. All of our computers that we have bought >> for the last six years or more, minus the netbooks, are 64-bit capable. So >> there is no reason to hold back, and keep using 32-bit versions of windows. >> Of course, this was done for compatibility, with older programs. >> >> But what is being said now, is 99% of everything that is out there now, is >> either a 32-bit program, or a 64-bit program. There is little reason to stay >> in a 32-bit operating system from here on in. >> Regards: >> Dallas >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
