Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 15th Jun 2006 16:53 UTC
A lot of people seem to have this idea that Windows Vista looks an awful lot like the MacOS. LifeHacker.com sets some screenshots side-by-side for comparison, and even though they refrain from judgement ("We're just saying"), I do wish to make a few sidenotes about this issue. Read more for a mini-article on the issue.
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Apple I'm sure have borrowed things off Windows.
Windows borrowed things off OS X.
But the trend that I've noticed, is when Apple borrows things off Windows, it's usually done so and improved on and a heck of a lot better.
When Windows borrows off OS X, they usually mangle it and give it a pretty nasty feel and destroy the interface of it.
So we are comparing Dashboard to the sidebar?
With the sidebar, I've just lost that relestate on my desktop, that's a big chunk to loose.
OS X on the other hand, a quick push of F12 and Dashboard drops down and fades out so I can see my widgets.
Which is extremely hand, especially if your using things like currency converter and calculator, you can still see the work behind Dashboard and add up things etc.
Everyone copies everyone, but OS X seem to do a consistently better job, and is released a lot faster than Windows stuff.
Vista has already had a number of major features removed, the sidebar could be next.