It is insane to pick MacOS over Windows in this day and age. It’s a user experience nightmare.
Why the fuck does the OS reserve an inch at the bottom for a dock that doesn’t even tell me what windows are open AND a mandatory title bar at the top AND forces all windows to have their own title bar at the top?
Use Edge or Firefox with vertical tabs on Windows and you legit have like 20% more screen real estate than OSX. And don’t even get me started on window snapping or how every window has a full screen zoom button that none need.
I’m 21, but of all my friends (using Linux, Windows and macOS) I think no-one would say that UI is the strength of Windows and weakness of macOS.
To be fair, your comment sounds like you’re (rather) accustomed to Windows. Every operating system works differently, has different settings, etc. and you need to get used to their own way how you do stuff. If you come from Windows to macOS and expect it to be the same and be against every difference, yeah, you’ll think Windows has the better UI.
I’m more comfortable with macOS than Windows and find many of the UX patterns on Windows to be grating. It doesn’t mean Windows is insane, just that I’m more accustomed to the macOS patterns.
FWIW the Dock can be hidden, and the menu bar at the top can hide as well when an app is in full screen mode.
They objectively are. If you hide the dock there is zero onscreen glanceable indicator to tell you what windows and apps are running, and full screen makes external monitors go black and be unusable until you exit.
It is insane to pick MacOS over Windows in this day and age. It’s a user experience nightmare.
Why the fuck does the OS reserve an inch at the bottom for a dock that doesn’t even tell me what windows are open AND a mandatory title bar at the top AND forces all windows to have their own title bar at the top?
Use Edge or Firefox with vertical tabs on Windows and you legit have like 20% more screen real estate than OSX. And don’t even get me started on window snapping or how every window has a full screen zoom button that none need.
Damn, the take that macOS had worse UI than Windows is really something haha
Still reliving the glory days of those I’m a mac ads?
I’m 21, but of all my friends (using Linux, Windows and macOS) I think no-one would say that UI is the strength of Windows and weakness of macOS.
To be fair, your comment sounds like you’re (rather) accustomed to Windows. Every operating system works differently, has different settings, etc. and you need to get used to their own way how you do stuff. If you come from Windows to macOS and expect it to be the same and be against every difference, yeah, you’ll think Windows has the better UI.
I’m more comfortable with macOS than Windows and find many of the UX patterns on Windows to be grating. It doesn’t mean Windows is insane, just that I’m more accustomed to the macOS patterns.
FWIW the Dock can be hidden, and the menu bar at the top can hide as well when an app is in full screen mode.
Then I have no way of even knowing what apps are running, let alone what windows.
And then both my other monitors are black and unusable.
Neither of those assertions are true, I don’t think you’re arguing from an informed position.
They objectively are. If you hide the dock there is zero onscreen glanceable indicator to tell you what windows and apps are running, and full screen makes external monitors go black and be unusable until you exit.