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You're right about the hubris, but Caps Lock -> Esc is The Way regardless!
I am a vim user. I map caps lock to super for a dead simple app shortcut system. I prefer being able to switch applications perfectly over a more convenient escape key. macOS app switching is broken by default.
Every new version of MacOS exhibits four phenomena: 1. Old bugs are not fixed. 2. New bugs are introduced, and I have to spend hours online figuring out workarounds. 3. Old features I depended on are removed, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to replace them. 4. New features I don't need are added and they get in my way, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to disable them. My workflow pr…
[1] https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/10/11/mail-data-loss-in-macos-1...
I've been running it since the RC and am currently in the process of uninstalling it. The new UI is so incredibly ugly I honestly cannot understand how they thought it was acceptable to even released as a beta let alone an RC and now release. There's SO much padding and wasted screen real estate, disjointed looking floating inner panels, window corners that are so rounded you see gaps in full screen apps, inconsisten…
This is quite a departure from the company the pioneered UX obsession and attention to the smallest detail. What's happening here?
Every new version of MacOS exhibits four phenomena: 1. Old bugs are not fixed. 2. New bugs are introduced, and I have to spend hours online figuring out workarounds. 3. Old features I depended on are removed, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to replace them. 4. New features I don't need are added and they get in my way, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to disable them. My workflow pr…
Nothing on this list compares to removing an ESC key. That was apple starting to leave reality. I had to buy used laptops for that time period.
I'm normally on about 1 year delay on upgrading macOS for a multitude of reasons. I might not wait the full year but something else will have to force me to upgrade within the first few months. I'd heard from people who were running the betas that it's not ready and they are surprised Tahoe wasn't delayed. No way I'm upgrading any time soon to Apple's least cared for OS with a change this big (and this untested).
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Nothing on this list compares to removing an ESC key. That was apple starting to leave reality. I had to buy used laptops for that time period.
As a Vim user, I thought it would be a deal breaker, but it really wasn't that bad. The rest of the laptop was though.
Every new version of MacOS exhibits four phenomena: 1. Old bugs are not fixed. 2. New bugs are introduced, and I have to spend hours online figuring out workarounds. 3. Old features I depended on are removed, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to replace them. 4. New features I don't need are added and they get in my way, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to disable them. My workflow pr…
Nothing on this list compares to removing an ESC key. That was apple starting to leave reality. I had to buy used laptops for that time period.
I swear I don't usually complain about UI styling updates, because it's usually not a big deal - but this looks really, really bad [1]. It's less functional with bizarre transparency choices destroying legibility, and big rounded corners taking up more dead space. And stylistically, the layouts just look unbalanced and amateurish (It reminds me of what happens when I attempt to do CSS layouts). Most Linux desktops un…
Sadly, this often applies to Linux as well, so there's no escape. I guess Xfce is still around at least.
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I'm hoping maybe the Qualcomm laptops make some progress on battery life. I had an LG gram that had honestly surprisingly good battery life on Linux, and maybe the ThinkPads are good too.
Well the Qualcomm SnapDragon chips literally compete on operations-per-watt. But it depends on what you need -- raw horsepower with a mostly tethered laptop or on-the-go freedom.
Every new version of MacOS exhibits four phenomena: 1. Old bugs are not fixed. 2. New bugs are introduced, and I have to spend hours online figuring out workarounds. 3. Old features I depended on are removed, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to replace them. 4. New features I don't need are added and they get in my way, and I have to spend hours online figuring out how to disable them. My workflow pr…
Now I understand why plenty of old timers just leave the OS version on the MacBook that it came with. All you ever really need is the security patches.
Unless there is some specific new feature that you absolutely must need or some push factor, don't upgrade.