Author: Mat Grove Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Macbook Air (ok,it's not factory linux but you can
install it)
Mark Johnson wrote:
> The same goes for any application that's not in the dock. (By comparison
> on KDE I can hit Alt+Space to bring up Katapult and type the first few
> letters of the app's name, and it's there).
The MacOS X GUI isn't perfect by any standards but...
Apple key + space (brings up spotlight) then type the first few letters
of the apps name and it's there.
> There's various other things that bother me about the interface in
> general, like how closing an application's window leaves the program
> running in the dock, so it's essentially another minimise button. Also it
> lacks the level of customisability I get from KDE, and the versions I use
> don't have multiple virtual desktops (although I believe they're in 10.5?)
>
> In summary, I can use OS X, but I don't unless I'm doing something like
> web browsing that doesn't involve more than using 1 GUI application.
I got used to it after a few weeks. It took my nearly a year to get used
the keyboard of a Macbook though :)
