[X4U] Let's start the FUD presses.

[Stroller]

On Apr 17, 2005, at 3:44 am, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Stroller said:
>
>> I REALLY want them to introduce a
>> NextStep- / BeOS-alike launcher cum application menu (top right in
>> <http://beos.pixay.com/pics/beos_01.png>)...
>
>
> It isn't exactly the same thing, but have you seen:
>
> Yellow Button
> http://www.yellowbutton.com

Yellow Button looks like a nice tool, but I don't really need it. I 
can't really explain why I don't use stuff like this; although in the 
past I played with my UI lots, I've never really done so - no haxies at 
all! - since having a Mac. It mostly just works.

I bought my Mac so I could just get stuff done on it, so I'm never 
going hack-around and delete the Dock completely - I'll leave that to 
when Apple get around to it! Since I'm keeping the Dock, Yellow Button 
would be redundant.

I have my Dock at the top of the screen & have done the same as another 
of this evening's posters - added a shortcut to Applications into the 
Dock so that I can get a hierarchical menu of all the apps on the 
system by right-clicking it. I now find it quite difficult to use other 
peoples' Macs if they don't have this. I make my Dock less cluttered by 
selecting only a few key apps to "keep in Dock", and by quitting apps 
as soon as I've finished using them.

It is now only quite occasionally that the Dock bugs me - the Menu bar 
bugs me FAR worse, as does the obscurity of keyboard shortcuts - and 
really mentioning any of them is pissy of me. I'm spoilt these days, 
and should be glad not to have to tolerate the "Linux Desktop" or the 
habits of Windows-programmers (installing an icon on the desktop, 
another in the system tray, in the Quicklaunch bar and in the Start 
menu, as well as the folder in All Programs is just a little excessive, 
yet they ALL do this?!?!?)

Stroller.