Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > I will also note for the record that I have used Macs, both > before and after OS X, and don't like using either. Their user > interface always makes an effort to get in my way. I can see how > people whose business is not working with computers like them, > but I can hardly stand to use one for more than a few minutes. > I feel pretty much the same about windows. I know the feeling. I used a Mac at work before I'd ever *seen* a PC, let alone owned one, let alone seen windows on one. I tried to use it to generate some overhead projector transparencies for a presentation to salesmen. I found the paint program (and its user interface) totally opaque and incomprehensible; and of course the documentation was nonexistent. (The fact that Apple *advertised* shipping inadequate documentation as if it were a feature did predispose me to dislike the Mac, I must admit). I ended up making the slides on a mainframe graphics application that talked to a serial terminal with some minimal graphics commands, and then photographing the screen (since there was no way to get the thing to print). That was easier than beating the Mac into submission. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>