I've used OSX for the last nine years, and I'm also starting to think the OSX GUI is kind of crappy. I prefer tiling window managers nowadays, their as-fast-as-possible user interface and their no bullshit look and feel.
Re:Haiku OS (BeOS clone)
by EternalFury on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @09:18PM
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Actually, in the end, I came out even and my original post is worth +1.
Obviously, everyone has an opinion. You are entitled to yours.
Mine is mine and that of most UX people I have spoken to. I have used XFCE, I have used CDE, NextSTEP, the Irix UI, Gnome, KDE, Comice OS, Mint Linux, all versions of Windows, all version of Mac OS...and I happen to believe Mac OS X is the culmination of decades of gradual, tedious, laborious, unoriginal improvement. I just happen to believe it's better than any alternative. I may be wrong. I am not a man of great certainties.
My original point stands: People should spend less time repackaging existing distributions with a different logo and background image, and more time coming up with a UI that can compete with something a proprietary, profit-oriented entity came up with.
You didn't try OS X long enough. This is more likely.
Or he used OS X long enough to witness its flaws.
Um, nine years? Did you read his post?
If nine years isn't enough to recognize any flaws, than the software is flawed anyways.
I have used OS X as my primary OS for long periods of time (totaling about 15 months) on two separate occasions and I currently use XFCE. For me, OS X is unusable garbage.
Am I somehow fundamentally defective as a human being? Or do I just have different preferences than you? The latter seems far more likely to me.