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#Windows vs mac os philosophy pro

Look at all that wasted space! (And Package Tracker Pro is one of the least-egregious offenders.) Trying to use the Windows desktop on slates is an exercise in frustration, given the small fonts and even smaller menu buttons of classic desktop software (the millions of programs built with a mouse in mind).“Part of the problem when you use a touch device is, the second you leave Metro, you can’t even use touch,” says Bajarin. Likewise, while hidden menus and charm bars work wonderfully on tablets, they’re far less natural-feeling on desktops. All of that wasted space requires a ton of extra scrolling, and the relative dearth of onscreen information requires a ton of extra menu clicking-two burdens that are anathema to traditional PC users. While desktop jockeys can get by in the modern UI, its large buttons and vast empty spaces were clearly built more for swiping and prodding than for keyboarding and mousing. Having one UI to rule them all has spurred the creation of hybrid-style Windows 8 devices, but as yet none of them have been truly compelling. It’s the best of both worlds, right? Not quite.

But hey! The traditional desktop is still around for PC aficionados. But let’s get into it! Follow along, dearest desktop diehard, as we examine how mobile elements are creeping into Windows, OS X, and yes, even Linux.Ĭ’mon now, you know where we had to start.ĭetermined to jump-start its mobile ambitions, Microsoft infused Windows 8 with tablet-friendly modern apps, gesture controls, and the Live Tile–infused Start screen. “Whereas Apple said, ‘Well, we’ll make two, but we’re going to have gestures and some UI consistencies so that you have a consistent experience.’”Īnd that’s not even getting into what Linux is doing, via Canonical’s audacious Ubuntu for Android. “Microsoft’s philosophy is ‘Okay, we want to be consistent across our operating systems,’ and the way it worked in their brains was to just make one,” says Ben Bajarin, the director of consumer technology at Creative Strategies.