Comments on: Mac Versus Windows - Ground Rules by David Pogue http://www.timflight.com/mac-versus-windows-ground-rules-by-david-pogue/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tim Flight http://www.timflight.com/mac-versus-windows-ground-rules-by-david-pogue/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Tim Flight Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:33:26 +0000 http://www.timflight.com/2005/05/27/mac-versus-windows-ground-rules-by-david-pogue/#comment-879 I agree, there are some parts of the Mac trash concept that could be improved. Actually, back in OS 9 you could drag items to the trash, then some time later select them and click 'Put Away' which would essentially restore them back to where they were. I miss that feature. I also agree the way iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes handle the trash needs to be more consistent. For iPhoto and iMovie I can see why they handle it that way. Users don't really manage their photos and movie clips within the file system, they are strictly handled within the application. Therefore why move them to the file system's trash since (to most users) they don't recognize individual photos or clips as elements of the file system. But then why have iTunes be different? I suspect that goes back to the beginnings of iTunes when people <em>did</em> manage their MP3 files more within the file system. However this has changed over the years and now most people probably don't know where their actual MP3 files are stored just like most people don't know where their actual photos are stored in the file system. Advanced users do know this though. Good comments, Chris! I agree, there are some parts of the Mac trash concept that could be improved. Actually, back in OS 9 you could drag items to the trash, then some time later select them and click ‘Put Away’ which would essentially restore them back to where they were. I miss that feature.

I also agree the way iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes handle the trash needs to be more consistent. For iPhoto and iMovie I can see why they handle it that way. Users don’t really manage their photos and movie clips within the file system, they are strictly handled within the application. Therefore why move them to the file system’s trash since (to most users) they don’t recognize individual photos or clips as elements of the file system.

But then why have iTunes be different? I suspect that goes back to the beginnings of iTunes when people did manage their MP3 files more within the file system. However this has changed over the years and now most people probably don’t know where their actual MP3 files are stored just like most people don’t know where their actual photos are stored in the file system. Advanced users do know this though.

Good comments, Chris!

]]> By: Chris http://www.timflight.com/mac-versus-windows-ground-rules-by-david-pogue/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Chris Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:42:21 +0000 http://www.timflight.com/2005/05/27/mac-versus-windows-ground-rules-by-david-pogue/#comment-877 Windows does the Trash / Recycle Bin better, it isn't just a dumb folder (.Trash) that can't hold multiple files with the same name, if Finder had half of it's functionality that'd be one thing. But then the Windows Recycle Bin can restore files! Okay, so I haven't needed this functionality much since switching, but it'd be a Real Good Thing to have. Then add in some extra management, allocating maximum disk space, whether files go to the bin or are just deleted and you have something that stomps all over the Mac implementation. One other niggle that has recently surfaced, iPhoto, what's up with it having a separate Trash? Don't know if other iApps do this, I know iTunes works with the system Trash - shouldn't they all be like that?! Windows does the Trash / Recycle Bin better, it isn’t just a dumb folder (.Trash) that can’t hold multiple files with the same name, if Finder had half of it’s functionality that’d be one thing.

But then the Windows Recycle Bin can restore files! Okay, so I haven’t needed this functionality much since switching, but it’d be a Real Good Thing to have. Then add in some extra management, allocating maximum disk space, whether files go to the bin or are just deleted and you have something that stomps all over the Mac implementation.

One other niggle that has recently surfaced, iPhoto, what’s up with it having a separate Trash? Don’t know if other iApps do this, I know iTunes works with the system Trash - shouldn’t they all be like that?!

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