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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by Sharlin on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:41PM (#30993743)
Agreed. The distinction between applications and windows that macOS/Mac OS has always made was jarring at first, but definitely one of those things that after the initial adjustment simply feel different rather than objectively better or worse.
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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by sooheon on Monday April 11, 2022 @08:56PM (#30997263)
Better or worse depends on use case, but I will say that a tree is a much better semantic fit than a flat list.
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Re:Impressions from a first-time Mac user by Sharlin on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @09:45AM (#31014597)
Funnily enough there was a time when MDI was a popular and favored design philosophy on Windows, practically leading to the same application/window distinction that MacOS had/has.
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