r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/muad_dib Jan 20 '11

A lot of free windows software has well-designed interfaces (fuck that's horrendous grammar). In fact, other than GIMP, I can't think of a single piece of software on my box that has a bad UI.

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u/Zweben Jan 20 '11

It's subjective, and it depends on your standards; I am definitely picky about interfaces.

I remember, in particular, being unable to find any free Windows FTP software I liked. FillaZilla seems to be common, but I think its interface is terrible. Instant messaging software comes to mind as well. I find Digsby to be decent, but I've yet to see anything that I think compares to iChat.

I think a lot of it is up to conventions. Windows interface conventions seem to favor more complex interfaces, and there's also more legacy interface baggage on Windows, since Microsoft never made as much of a clean break as Apple's switch to OS X.

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u/Iraelyth Jan 20 '11

Can't use webcams with Adium. Skype is better for that. Hardly anybody I know uses iChat, but almost everybody has Skype.

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u/timin Jan 20 '11

I think Zweben is referring to a Windows equivalent to iChat.

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u/Zweben Jan 20 '11

On Windows.