Comment Re:Thread: Bitch About Windows (Score 0) 469
So obvious that you have no idea what you're talkking about...
* Why is it, on Windows, when I'm in the middle of the last line of text in a document, and press down-arrow, I don't go to the end of the line? I'm not saying that's God's answer to the question of what down-arrow ought to do, but down-arrow may as well do something in that situation, and going to the end of the line is sure useful.
YOU JUST PRESS END.
* What is this fascination with control-alt-delete? I've heard they chose that combination specifically because it's difficult to type. So... then... why the hell is it used so often? Did they seriously go out of their way to make things difficult? Seriously?
THIS COMBINATION CANNOT BE ENTERED BY MISTAKE NOR HIJACKED BY A MALWARE TO CAPTURE YOUR CREDENTIALS.
* Why is it, on Windows, when some text is selected, I can't use left or right arrow to go to the beginning or end of the selection? Instead, Windows maintains the carat, uselessly navigating from there.
I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU CAN DO MORE WITH YOUR MOUSE?
* Why is it, in all MS apps except Windows, you can drag tabs to rearrange them, but you can't do that in the Windows task bar? Did no one at MS ever think that would be useful?
I GRANT YOU THIS ONE.
* Why is it that the "Are you sure you want to empty the trash?" dialog doesn't have a "Piss off and stop bothering me with this stupid question" checkbox? Okay, fine, 'tards will mistakenly delete things, fine, but the upper 95% of us aren't so daft, so that really ought to be an option.
THERE IS, EDIT PROPERTIES OF THE RECYCLE BIN.
Same goes with every other fucking annoying popup in Windows: each and every single one of them should have a "F.O.A.D." checkbox.
SOME HAVE THE "REMEMBER" OR "DON'T ASK ANYMORE" OPTION. FOR OTHERS, THERE'S REGISTRY SETTINGS.
* Why is it that MS thinks the most correct way to manage preferences is with a plethora of separate dialog boxes? Why are even the most trivial and basic options hidden in Advanced tabs or separate dialogs? Why the hell is Preferences/Options/Configure called something different, and found in a different menu, in every application?
TOOLS, OPTIONS SEEMS PRETTY STANDARD TO ME BUT HEY, YOU HAVE A MAC SO YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THESE SORT OF THINGS, JUST DO FUNNY THINGS...
* I might be missing something obvious here, but is there really no keyboard shortcut for quitting a program? I mean, for most programs? Does every Windows user in the world reach for their mouse every single time they want to close a window? And no one has a problem with that?
INDEED YOU DO MISS SOMETHING: ALT-X OR ALT-Q FOR NON-MS APPS.
* Crap I have to log off my Mac and go back to work now...
MY POINT EXACTLY: YOU CAN'T DO REAL WORK WITH A MAC.
THANKS FOR THE FUN PAL.
NICE DAY! :-)
* Why is it, on Windows, when I'm in the middle of the last line of text in a document, and press down-arrow, I don't go to the end of the line? I'm not saying that's God's answer to the question of what down-arrow ought to do, but down-arrow may as well do something in that situation, and going to the end of the line is sure useful.
YOU JUST PRESS END.
* What is this fascination with control-alt-delete? I've heard they chose that combination specifically because it's difficult to type. So... then... why the hell is it used so often? Did they seriously go out of their way to make things difficult? Seriously?
THIS COMBINATION CANNOT BE ENTERED BY MISTAKE NOR HIJACKED BY A MALWARE TO CAPTURE YOUR CREDENTIALS.
* Why is it, on Windows, when some text is selected, I can't use left or right arrow to go to the beginning or end of the selection? Instead, Windows maintains the carat, uselessly navigating from there.
I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS BECAUSE YOU CAN DO MORE WITH YOUR MOUSE?
* Why is it, in all MS apps except Windows, you can drag tabs to rearrange them, but you can't do that in the Windows task bar? Did no one at MS ever think that would be useful?
I GRANT YOU THIS ONE.
* Why is it that the "Are you sure you want to empty the trash?" dialog doesn't have a "Piss off and stop bothering me with this stupid question" checkbox? Okay, fine, 'tards will mistakenly delete things, fine, but the upper 95% of us aren't so daft, so that really ought to be an option.
THERE IS, EDIT PROPERTIES OF THE RECYCLE BIN.
Same goes with every other fucking annoying popup in Windows: each and every single one of them should have a "F.O.A.D." checkbox.
SOME HAVE THE "REMEMBER" OR "DON'T ASK ANYMORE" OPTION. FOR OTHERS, THERE'S REGISTRY SETTINGS.
* Why is it that MS thinks the most correct way to manage preferences is with a plethora of separate dialog boxes? Why are even the most trivial and basic options hidden in Advanced tabs or separate dialogs? Why the hell is Preferences/Options/Configure called something different, and found in a different menu, in every application?
TOOLS, OPTIONS SEEMS PRETTY STANDARD TO ME BUT HEY, YOU HAVE A MAC SO YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THESE SORT OF THINGS, JUST DO FUNNY THINGS...
* I might be missing something obvious here, but is there really no keyboard shortcut for quitting a program? I mean, for most programs? Does every Windows user in the world reach for their mouse every single time they want to close a window? And no one has a problem with that?
INDEED YOU DO MISS SOMETHING: ALT-X OR ALT-Q FOR NON-MS APPS.
* Crap I have to log off my Mac and go back to work now...
MY POINT EXACTLY: YOU CAN'T DO REAL WORK WITH A MAC.
THANKS FOR THE FUN PAL.
NICE DAY!
