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Only after the article is more than half done, do they mention padding as a specific complaint, and that's it, the only issue in the entire article is padding.
Another article which exists to make the author feel superior? At least if you're gonna rant, make it worth the reader's time with a bunch of specific examples for us to tweak...
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Consumer silicon components have an predicted life span of 5-7 years†. This life span gets lower the smaller we go with chip technology. So, yes, a 5 year old computer is near retirement age. † https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/other/ObservedFail...
That's a pretty lousy estimated lifetime. If that is truly the case, it feels like planned obsolsense, as the rate of improvement in computing power has drastically slowed.
(Effectively) Irreplacable batteries already limit the lifespan of many consumer devices to 3-4 years, so why limit the capabilities of the hardware to get a few years that won't be usable anyways… is how I imagine those conversations going.
The author makes the assertion that if we are all celebrating Apple's latest hardware, it is because the focus on their user interface has faded into the background and they have lost their way. But reading through the piece the only tangible evidence he provides is more spacing between elements that he is pulling up on 5 year old hardware? Screen density and pixels have improved dramatically in that time frame, we h…
> Not every new interface will work equally well on old hardware, but that doesn't mean that the interface has deteriorated.
Apple is well-known for long support periods on mobile, and 5 years is not, in my eyes, an old computer that ought to be replaced. And so if the interface doesn't work as well on the authors supported hardware, then I think we can agree the interface has objectively deteriorated.
I must say I struggle to show sympathy for this Apple bashing blog post. Just look at the screenshot they post to illustrate their point. Its almost as if they have deliberately configured their system to make a point. The resolution is obscenely large (sorry, don't know the tech term). They have all their finder windows configured to use large icons. Seriously ?!? Only pure beginners do that. Their longwinded rant i…
Seriously. I can configure an iMac G4 to 1024x768 and immediately proclaim how space-inefficient OS X Panther is
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You can have two apps in full screen mode side by side I personally really enjoy full screen mode when using my laptop undocked
Full screen and split screen have become my default modes of using almost everything on macOS. It's a pleasant, generally better focused, way of interacting. I just wish it were richer like the tiling WMs I used on Linux. Maybe not as useful on a laptop (due to screen size and my aging eyes), but when attached to a high res monitor it would be nice to be able to split the screen into quarters, at least, instead of ha…
I'm not too fond of the extra spacing and padding on Big Sur either. It reduces information density. All in preparation for a MacBook Touch?
I doubt it, the spacing isn't enough to accommodate touch and they have constantly said they don't want to go down that road. They just need to look at the mess Microsoft created to see it isn't a good idea.
I think it's far more likely that they wanted the same design language across platforms.
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> Screen density and pixels have improved dramatically in that time frame, we have larger screens, more resolution, and retina display I'm typing this on a new 13" MacBook Air, and the screen is pretty small! don't know if BigSur is optimized for a 27" iMac display, but on a small laptop, I certainly feel like the decreased UI density feels like a hindrance.
One of my minor bugbears with macOS since Yosemite has been changing the green button from zoom to full screen. I just don't use full screen mode much. On my 25" displays the only application that gets kept full screen is my IDE. I don't need a dedicated button that slowly animates the window to fullscreen if I accidentally click it. Speculating here, but given that most people using a mac are looking at a 13" screen…
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You can have two apps in full screen mode side by side I personally really enjoy full screen mode when using my laptop undocked
ummm, how? When I hit the green button for full screen, it takes over the screen like a Spaces screen. How are you able to have side by side full screen of 2 apps. That seems like you are breaking the definition of the word full. If 2 apps are "full" screen side by side, you either have "half" screen views or 2 monitors.
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I agree. I don't disagree with the fact that the OS and UI team seem a little less focused on the polish of the entire experience but the leaps in hardware are just too great to be able to keep up appropriately in the UI. They really just need to get back to ironing out the every day things. Case in point - not being able to reply to a Message directly from the notification is a huge regression. Fix stuff like that f…
> the leaps in hardware are just too great to be able to keep up appropriately in the UI Why would this be the case? Apple's a massive, well-resourced company and it seems like they should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
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I agree. I don't disagree with the fact that the OS and UI team seem a little less focused on the polish of the entire experience but the leaps in hardware are just too great to be able to keep up appropriately in the UI. They really just need to get back to ironing out the every day things. Case in point - not being able to reply to a Message directly from the notification is a huge regression. Fix stuff like that f…
There are many things in macOS that have not been looked at properly. That has nothing to do with hardware. It's plain sloppyness.