Apple

On 19 Jul 2013, at 3:46 PM, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> wrote:

After reading the various criticisms of OS X, including Alex's long list, I went searching for a word to describe Apple's current approach to OS design. I found this atdictionary.com …

artsy-craftsy
adjective Informal.
1. pretending to artistry and craftsmanship or to an interest in arts and crafts:
an artsy-craftsy chair; an artsy-craftsy person.
2. cloyingly charming: The shop has an artsy-craftsy décor.

and

cloying
adjective
1. causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess:
a perfume of cloying sweetness.

I like definition 2 of "artsy-craftsy".
Apple seems to have left the functional school of OS design in favor of the artsy-craftsy.

I've been hearing this, literally, since System 7 DARED introduce "cloyingly charming" uselessness like color into the UI.

or the end of the world when Mac OS 8 changed the UI more.

and the end of the world when the apple logo was in the middle of the screen in the OS X public beta.

I've ignored it all, because one thing my experience in the Apple world has taught me is this:

Apple users only like change when it happens to someone else. Gore their ox, and let the screaming begin.

It's like AppleScript. No matter how often Apple improves it, and updates it, it's always about to die because <my personal beef> wasn't fixed.

It's all silliness. Just because you, or I don't like a thing doesn't make that thing actually broken.

References:
	>Fwd: Get list of desktops? (From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Get list of desktops? (From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Get list of desktops? (From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Get list of desktops? (From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Get list of desktops? (From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Get list of desktops? (From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>)
	>Small Problem vs Tip of Iceberg (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Small Problem vs Tip of Iceberg (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)