Reading the article - looking like you've come up trumps again ... really useful disassembly.
On the issue of Command + W quitting iPhoto. This is a fairly recent practice, though it has echoes at least as far back as OS 8. Back then the control panels would quit with the closing of the window - the logic being that one never has two windows of the same control panel. Move forward to Jaguar and the now grouped control panels System Preferences don't quit with the closing of the window... inconsistent with the Classic OS. Panther reverted to the earlier behaviour and Sys. Prefs. now quit on Command + W.
What you have noticed is that this practise has been extended to any application which only ever has one window. Yes, it muddies the clear distinction between Quitting and Window closing but it does have a logic to it:- If the window of a one window application is being closed the user must have finished with it.
My vote goes with you on this one - I liked the clear distinction.
I'm surprised the Mac people didn't start screaming out IT'S A LOGIC BOARD not a MOTHERBOARD :)
It does take some time like for myself when I started doing Mac support to get the correct Mac terminology down.
Interesting you pointed out the price differences at the beginning, so you are probably thinking the same thing I am, the PC market is starting to get slightly worried about the Mac Mini taking over PC market share. Mac - No popups, no viruses no expensive software to contiuously buy where the opposite doesn't hold true for PC.
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hopejr - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - link
#2, lol. I'm still getting used to "logic board" not mobo too.Good point #3. I had a whinge about sys prefs doing that the other day.
It was a great article Anand!
Mephisto - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - link
Reading the article - looking like you've come up trumps again ... really useful disassembly.On the issue of Command + W quitting iPhoto. This is a fairly recent practice, though it has echoes at least as far back as OS 8. Back then the control panels would quit with the closing of the window - the logic being that one never has two windows of the same control panel. Move forward to Jaguar and the now grouped control panels System Preferences don't quit with the closing of the window... inconsistent with the Classic OS. Panther reverted to the earlier behaviour and Sys. Prefs. now quit on Command + W.
What you have noticed is that this practise has been extended to any application which only ever has one window. Yes, it muddies the clear distinction between Quitting and Window closing but it does have a logic to it:- If the window of a one window application is being closed the user must have finished with it.
My vote goes with you on this one - I liked the clear distinction.
gnumantsc - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - link
I'm surprised the Mac people didn't start screaming out IT'S A LOGIC BOARD not a MOTHERBOARD :)It does take some time like for myself when I started doing Mac support to get the correct Mac terminology down.
Interesting you pointed out the price differences at the beginning, so you are probably thinking the same thing I am, the PC market is starting to get slightly worried about the Mac Mini taking over PC market share. Mac - No popups, no viruses no expensive software to contiuously buy where the opposite doesn't hold true for PC.
hopejr - Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - link
Up so quick? You're a legend! Off to read it....