Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Aug 2008 23:50 UTC
An interesting article has been making its way around the internet the past few days, titled "Top 10 Usability Highs Of Mac OS". Mac OS X indeed does some things very, very right, just like many other operating systems and graphical environments do some things very, very right. The issue with the list of the article in question is that many of the items on the list are not exactly examples of "Usability Highs" at all.
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I tend to sing the praises of an environment that gets keyboard shortcuts right, and I particularly like this about OSX. The way to use and customize keyboard shortcuts is just so darn effective - you match a selection from the pull-down menu to a keystroke.
I also like the fact that an application runs until you specifically quit it, rather than closing all of its windows. It means opening up new ones is a faster process. Why would I want to run two separate instances of Terminal when one with multiple windows will do?
But back to keystrokes. Command-Tab doesn't switch between windows like the other environments seem to think Alt-Tab is for. It switches between dock applications. You can then use Command-` to switch between the current application's windows. This is definitely more effective and flexible, and should be emulated.