I think OS X resolves many issues. It offers far more robust networking,=20=
and compatibility with "foreign" networking systems. It finally does=20
away with the Chooser, replacing it with the Connect to Server... Finder=20=
menu and the Print Center. Column view is an excellent navigation=20
system, and the Dock is great for me to keep my most used files at=20
immediate ready. The control strip was a UI aberration... it has been=20
replaced with more UI-consistent elements. The Control Panels were=20
consolidated and organized. Extensions were finally done away with. The=20=
toolbar is a very useful UI feature in many applications. Sheets (to=20
replace Open/Save dialogs) stay with the window they belong to. The OS=20=
adds depth of perception with shadows and transparencies. And don't=20
underestimate protected memory... I love it when an my beta chat program=20=
goes down and I don't loose my Word Processing document. Preemptive=20
multitasking, too, is often underestimated. I hate using OS 9 now,=20
because I can only do one real task at a time, as opposed to OS X.
What OS 9, features is it lacking, aside from spring-loaded folders,=20
which are coming in 10.2?
sj
On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 06:32 PM, Michael J. Hu=DFmann wrote:
> I don't think so. The classic Mac OS had its issues, but Mac OS X =
fails
> to address those, except that it offers preemptive multitasking and
> memory protection, like any modern OS does. And it does this by =
adopting
> the legacies of another, even older OS. At the same time Mac OS X does
> away with a lot of classic features that were quite useful, without
> offering any replacement.
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