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UI guidelines: one reason the Mac shines, Windows sucks

Is there a method behind the madness of the Windows experience and the elegance of the Macintosh? One reason can be seen with just one look at the human interface principles found on Apple's and Microsoft's developer sites. This exploration was sparked by a blog post on...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, User Interface, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Kermadec, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-03-26

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UI guidelines: one reason the Mac shines, Windows sucks

UI guidelines: one reason the Mac shines, Windows sucks...KDE is an excellent example of Microsoft done right... simple, elegant, customizable AND not annoying with all the pop-ups and such. Toss in Compiz Fusion and you have a desktop UI that competes (well, beats the snot out of actually) with Vista/XP...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-26