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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by einherjae on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:57AM (#35219607)
The very argument that was presented when iOS first came out, as well as whenever touchscreens on MacBooks come up, is that the UX is fundamentally different.

So why would it suddenly be a good idea to import this from iOS?

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by speedgoose on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:02AM (#35219674)
Perhaps the people against touchscreen on MacOS finally retired or gave up the fight, so Apple is slowly preparing what Microsoft did years ago with Windows 8.
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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by philistine on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:52AM (#35220200)
What Microsoft did, and still hasn’t finished. System preferences still contain massive amount of details contained in Windows 7 (and older!) style windows.

At least Apple managed to move all their settings from one paradigm to the next in one year. I’m looking forward to the improvements they make to the app in the future.

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by bitwize on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:46PM (#35220858)
They didn't finish it because they went hard, all in one go, and suffered consumer backlash as a result. From this Apple learned that you have to boil the frog slowly.
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