by Zack Beauchamp
Jesus Diaz feels the same way about the new Apple operating system as I do about the new(ish) Microsoft Word – "it has made a mess of what was previously totally acceptable:"
By trying to please everyone, the OS X team has produced an incongruent user interface pastiche that won't satisfy the consumers seeking simplicity nor the professional users in search of OCD control. Apple hasn't really targeted a specific population. Or provided varying levels of user control–a super-simple modal interface for normal people and pro-level classic window interface for nerds. That's what Microsoft is trying to do with Windows 8. Ironically, if Apple had taken a page out of Microsoft's book in this case, it would have been a step in the right direction.
The Dish 