Of course, in the move to OSX, Macs inherited many of the flaws of Windows, for two reasons — 1) the underlying UNIX (such as taking years to display a Finder window's contents, which used to happen instantly) and 2) to facilitate OSX adoption by Windows users. I hate Apple for the second decision; they destroyed a number of good interface components merely because they weren't what Windows users would expect to happen.

All that having been said — agreed, you're absolutely right, Brian. It's a tool, use the one that works. But also complain like hell when it doesn't work.

Of course, in the move to OSX, Macs inherited many of the flaws of Windows, for two reasons — 1) the underlying UNIX (such as taking years to display a Finder window’s contents, which used to happen instantly) and 2) to facilitate OSX adoption by Windows users. I hate Apple for the second decision; they destroyed a number of good interface components merely because they weren’t what Windows users would expect to happen.

All that having been said — agreed, you’re absolutely right, Brian. It’s a tool, use the one that works. But also complain like hell when it doesn’t work.

The problem lies with people who think that they know what the best tool is (more than the recipient of the unsolicited advice does), and in many cases, they might be right. But really…don't tell me what I need to use without knowing why I'm using it, or what I'm doing with it.

The problem lies with people who think that they know what the best tool is (more than the recipient of the unsolicited advice does), and in many cases, they might be right. But really…don't tell me what I need to use without knowing why I'm using it, or what I'm doing with it.