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Adam DuVander on keeping it simple

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You have no choice

October 31, 2005 by Adam DuVander

First, let me say something that will shock people who knew me in high school: I love my Mac. With that out of the way, here’s one of the few things that really ticks me off about the current Mac OS:

Shutdown or restart?

Whenever I install the latest patches and security updates, I am greeted with this non-choice. I usually minimize the window, ignoring it all day until I feel like restarting… or shutting down.

It’s hard to believe that Apple is letting Microsoft beat them at any UI game, but here’s the much more user-friendly option from Windows XP:

Restart Now? Restart Later?

Comments

  1. Jon says

    November 1, 2005 at 8:05 am

    I do the same thing — stuff it away until I’m done with more important things. I wonder what it would be like to catalog all of the UI workarounds that people have that remain mostly unexpressed, like this one for both of us.

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  2. Mike Duffy says

    November 1, 2005 at 10:26 am

    You should submit your complaint to This Is Broken.

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