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Re:macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux by maxwell86 on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:28AM (#29747799)
macOS WM philosophy sounds like Outlook email philosophy: it should behave like paper mail.

Worst philosophy ever. Instead of figuring out how new technology enables better solutions to current problems, their philosophy is to emulate current solutions instead.

This is why I prefer gmail over outlook, and Linux over macos.

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Re:macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux by Veen on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:04AM (#29749271)
The mental model of windows having a consistent spatial location is deeply ingrained into MacOS because it's been done that way for decades. There are still old Mac users who complain that the Finder switched from a spatial model to a browser model.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/09/macos-x-beta/14/#b6

That's an old article, but Siracusa is still complaining about the "new" non-spatial finder to this day.

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Re:macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux by kitsunesoba on Friday December 31, 2021 @09:44AM (#29748459)
I’m not sure it’s so cut and dry. Workflows are highly personal things, so while something highly automated might work a charm for some while not working at all for others.
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