Comment Re:It's easy - just make it better (Score 1) 450
I agree they should be using the Mac as the reference model, but here's the problem. MS has been copying Apple since 1984, and they still do it poorly. If they produced an exact duplicate of OS X, they would be sued into the Stone Age. So they've tried to make Windows "Mac-like", but their deviations have made their copy a pale imitation.
Apple makes a good UI because they have an outstanding, but relatively small team doing it. They polish the hell out of everything to use just the right colors, just the right spacing, and make all the little details right. MS doesn't know how to do this, and neither do the hordes of Linux developers. It's not just pretty graphics - the actions behind the scenes have to be consistent throughout the OS, and EVERY application that runs on it.
Ubuntu is hailed as the most refined UI, but it is still a rough draft. It will never be properly finished either - developers will lose interest and move on to try something else
Apple makes a good UI because they have an outstanding, but relatively small team doing it. They polish the hell out of everything to use just the right colors, just the right spacing, and make all the little details right. MS doesn't know how to do this, and neither do the hordes of Linux developers. It's not just pretty graphics - the actions behind the scenes have to be consistent throughout the OS, and EVERY application that runs on it.
Ubuntu is hailed as the most refined UI, but it is still a rough draft. It will never be properly finished either - developers will lose interest and move on to try something else
