Apple hiring $MS programmers?


I think Apple hired some $MS programmers by mistake.

$MS programmers are known for making easy things difficult,
and hard things almost impossible.

Apple's policy of 'keeping things simple' seems to be
slipping lately, so they might be hiring $MS programmers.



Case in point, in Mac OS 10.5.2
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Opened a blank TextEdit window.

In the Edit menu, dropped down
to "Substitutions", which opened a sub-menu
with 3 choices, one of which was "Smart Copy/Paste".

Hmm, looked up "Smart Copy/Paste" in the TextEdit 'Help'
menu, yielded "Nothing Found".

Same result when I looked up "Substitutions" in the
TextEdit 'Help' menu; no help there, either.


Someone said 'Google is your Friend' so tried the search
terms:

"Smart Copy/Paste" + TextEdit


Got ten hits, one of which was:

<http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Smart+Copy/Paste%22+%2B+TextEdit&hl=en
&client=safari&rls=en&filter=0>


Lots of techie stuff, the best of which was that
"Smart Copy/Paste" might somehow be used to throw Bash
scripts into Apple's Mail program to do tricky things.

That is just ducky if you want to be a Unix/$MS/Mac geek
who delights in tricky things, but how about the rest of
us dummies who just want computers to do logical chores,
without all the tricky stuff that needs to be laboriously
learned and memorized, with NO FRIGGING TUTORIAL.

I am all for useful tricky things, PROVIDED they are explained
in detail, somewhere - - - anywhere.

Apple failed to do that. I am not the first guy to complain
about Apple's "Help" system. It leaves a lot to be desired.



C'mon Apple, stick to your original mandate of keeping things
simple, clear, logical. We don't need that convoluted $MS crap.

If you want to add features that are not intuitive, at least
show us where we can look to learn how to use those features.

Sheesh!

Mark-

--
Outside of a little crabbing, I love my Apple computers.

I have enough experience with the Windows OSs to REALLY
appreciate Macs and Mac software.

Anyone doubts that, I suggest you run Windows for awhile,
preferably the newest Vista OS.

You will gain a whole new appreciation for your Mac.
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