If you don't like it, why haven't you turned Aero off, or replaced the theme? Windows doesn't force you to live with any defaults.
Re:Ask HN: Mac, Windows, Or Linux?
by niels_olson on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:30PM
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please provide examples of totally useless eye candy in OS X.
The animation that happens when Expose is activated, the "Genie Effect" for minimizing windows, and the reflections of dock icons that show up when the dock is at the bottom of the screen are examples that come immediately to mind. (Arstechnica enumerated some of the UI regressions in their Leopard review.)
Re:Ask HN: Mac, Windows, Or Linux?
by lallysingh on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @04:05AM
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The genie effect tells you where in the dock the window is, and the expose effect tells you which desktop you're currently on.
You'd think that there would be a standard place for minimized windows to go so that it isn't needed or something...
I feel Expose is quite counter-productive.
The golden rule any developer must know: never use the mouse. Multiple desktops and Quicksilver (instead of the dock, which is quite distracting) are far more efficient.
You can use Expose with your arrow keys instead of the mouse.
It's transparent, but it blurs the background.
It serves no purpose - if it was transparent and you could see though, I could guess there might be some practical application.
OS X has a lot of eyecandy, some of which is totally useless, but a lot of it does have practical value (e.g. expose looks good and I use it all the time).