Re: OT: MacBook

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:02:18 +0100, des <des@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <cnvhl4psgj3ts7rqurplpe26295709lvhd@xxxxxxx>,
T i m <news@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:30:23 +0100, des <des@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


I can't think of anything less confusing than using Agent (and I guess
why I and many feel the same way about that in particular). I have
never had to read any How-to manuals or ask questions (outside OSX /
Linux of course!) to use most of the packages I use and that is partly
*why* I use them.

That's only because you're _used_ to Agent.

How was I used to it at the beginning?

Because it (I just had a play with it under Parallels) resembles a
Windows app, and conforms to many of the conventions of that platform.
For example, setting preferences is always under 'options', etc.

Indeed, so, I was no more or less familiar with that than I was a web
browser or mail reader under Linux / OSX or Windows. Not the case for
*any* news reader I have tried on the Mac (and I tried most the list).


But longer than clicking on the send icon I suspect? ;-)

Well, no, because your fingers are already on the keys. There's no need
to take your right (or left) hand off the keyboard, move it to the
mouse, visually 'acquire' the mouse pointer, move it to the 'post' icon,
and then click 'send'. All it takes is ...

But that's because your fingers are on they keys, mine only are when
I'm inputting text. Just in the same way if playing a game my hands
are on the joystick and mouse and only use the keyboard to enter
inter-player text.

Call me traditional but curries come from the curry house (not Chinese
place), motorbikes come from Japan or Germany (not China, Mexico,
India or Italy) bicycles come from a cycle shop (not Tesco or
Halfords), PC's don't come from Toys R Us and keyboards are for
typing. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

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