the Mac is now a mess

[seraph]

Talk time: Jef Raskin

Jef Raskin was one of the creators of the Mac and invented the click-and-drag interface

Interviewed by Jason Walsh
Thursday October 21, 2004
The Guardian

Perhaps the longest surviving legacy of your original design is its "appliance" nature. Has this simplicity of design been key to the Mac's popularity?

Yes, but unfortunately, the Mac is now a mess. A third party manual (Pogue's The Missing Manual) is nearly 1,000 pages, and far from complete. Apple now does development by accretion, and there is only a little difference between using a Mac and a Windows machine.

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[elektro80]

He is right, kind of. I still have many of the original human interface guides issued by Apple, and clearly what was once a very consistent GUI has now evolved into something a bit more messy. This is not that bad really, but I see his point.

[mosc]

Well, I have to agree with him. I only use my G4 PowerBook when absolutely necessary. I dread using it acutally. I've had it for one year and I think the GUI sucks. As a programming environment it's even worse. As a server - it's dreadfull - horrid. Sorry guys, I know you love them but there are other girls on the block.

[seraph]

[paul e.]

sounds like you should sell that powerbook to someone who might appreciate it more...and save your self the pain ...

[mosc]

Well, that's a noble idea, but I have a use for it. There are programs that only run on OSX, particularly ones that are used to control OSX servers.

I also beta test the G2 software on both Windows and OSX.

[paul e.]

i'll trade you--

17 PC's for your powerbook...as long as you throw in an iLife bundle..i need one hehe

[mosc]