Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 21st Nov 2006 18:05 UTC
In this article Joel talks about the number of choices in applications. "This highlights a style of software design shared by Microsoft and the open source movement, in both cases driven by a desire for consensus and for "Making Everybody Happy," but it's based on the misconceived notion that lots of choices make people happy, which we really need to rethink."
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RE: A bit extreme but I agree in general
by Kroc on Tue 21st Nov 2006 19:11
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Member since:2005-11-10
Windows Vista broke the shutdown / log off shortcuts (which annoys me to no end). But in Mac OS, you can use Ctrl+Option+Cmd+Eject to shutdown with no prompt, or Ctrl+Cmd+Eject to restart with no prompt, Cmd+Option+Shift+Q to log out with no prompt; however there appears to be no shortcut in OS X to switch users or go back to the login screen??
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2005-11-06
Personally, this is how I do things on my MacBook:
1. Shutdown - menu option
2. Restart - menu option, although I can't remember the last time I used it
3. Sleep/Hibernate - I close the lid. OS X used to sleep (keep RAM "on"), now by default it hibernates (write RAM to disk). This is configurable, so if you don't like the default, you make your choice *once* in System Preferences and are not faced with an extra choice each time.
4. Lock screen - Move the mouse to the top-right corner to activate the screensaver, which is password protected.
5. Switch users - There is a list of users on the right of the menu bar, completely apart from the Shutdown/Sleep/Restart items, which are on the left side of the screen. It can be enabled/disabled in System Preferences.