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Skriven 2009-06-10 15:35:04 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
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Paul Quinn -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 PQ> Hi! Alan,

 PQ> On 09 Jun 09 15:26, you wrote to TOM WALKER:

 AZ>> My beef- whether with Quick Launch icons, Desktop shortcuts, or start
 AZ>> menu icons is when programs install them- sometimes all 3- without
 AZ>> asking permission or letting me choose where they're located; all of
 AZ>> these areas quickly get cluttered, making them less effective- and
 AZ>> visually ugly.

 AZ>> Luckily all can be tidied and organized.

 PQ> It just never stops, does it... constantly configuring, and customising.

 PQ> What's it like on a Mac?  (I have no one else to ask.)  Is it 'same,
 PQ> same' (at the mercy of the software installer) or a little easier?

Mac's don't have anything like a Start Menu- so that clutter doesn't happen...
and hardly anything puts the Mac equivalent of shortcuts ('aliases' in
Mac-speak) on either the Desktop or the Dock (the row of icons at the bottom of
the screen). So no, that sort of clutter isn't an issue on the Mac.

More than half of Mac software 'installations' simply consist of dragging the
program file into the Applications folder; the other 40% (or so- these are my
casual estimates) use a formal installation program- but these rarely clutter
the Desktop or Dock. (MS Office is an exception- it puts Word, Excel,
Powerpoint, etc icons in the Dock).

On the other hand, the lack of a Start Menu equivalent puzzles some switchers
from Windows... all the application files are in the Applications folder, but
that's not necessarily obvious.

I use a little piece of Mac freeware called XMenu, which puts a drop-down
folder icon on the right end of the top menu bar; clicking on it drops down a
menu listing the contents of the Applications folder.

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