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Pirillo calls Windows apps "uninspired"
by Marc Perton Jul 3rd 2005 at 11:48PM
At the risk of inciting a flame war, I'm sharing this link to the latest from Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome and Gnomdex fame. In a column for Computer Power User ostensibly about the virtues of the PSP, Pirillo slams Windows apps, saying "[s]oftware for Windows is generally uninspired, generically cloned, and overwhelmingly wrought with lackluster (read: lousy) user interfaces. There’s too much coal and not enough diamonds within the sphere of downloads." Sure, you've heard it before. But Pirillo is more influential than you're average anti-Windows ranter, so when he speaks, people listen. The real question is: will developers pay attention?
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KZeni said 1:24AM on 7-04-2005
Thank you! I agree with this 100% of the way! I've been noticing more and more people going to Apple... they're finally catching on that OS X blows everything windows has to offer out of the water.
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Kev said 2:17AM on 7-04-2005
Is that Windows' fault? I'm sure if Mac was as popular as Windows, we might see the same thing there.
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KZeni said 2:26AM on 7-04-2005
Windows is partially to blame... because it is lacking the things that inspire. And not to mention that the made by apple programs for OS X are more inspired than the made by MS for windows... it seems
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Myria said 12:01PM on 7-04-2005
Windows sux, Apple/*nix is great and taking over the world any day now, 'innovation', more idiot buzz words, blah-blah-blah.
Yawn. SRDD.
Will developers listen? Why should they? Why give a crap what yet another idiot ABMer thinks? Neither Apple nor Linux, despite their delusions of grandeur, are any closer to taking away Window's crown, the public isn't impressed with all that supposed "innovation". People vote with their wallet, and what they're voting for is windows. What some geek thinks of that is wholly irrelevant to the market.
Developers who listen to ranters rather than the market deserve their inevitable chapter 11 fate.
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Sam said 12:59PM on 7-04-2005
I think I can keep on living even though the icons on my desktop don't start bouncing when I move my mouse over them. Apple users are easily distracted by flashy animations that ultimately serve no purpose.
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Kev said 1:36PM on 7-04-2005
Consumers listen to T.V. Advertizements, celebrities, products used in shows, etc. That's mainly why Ipod is so successful, even though the world is 80% Windows and other music players are better suited for Windows. Mac won't get anywhere until they start to tell the ignorant masses that OSX, or whatever it's called, is "Cool" and "Shiney". I'm a computer buff (I suppose) and I have no plans to change from Windows. It does everything I need it to.
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met said 2:05PM on 7-04-2005
I got my friend to buy a new Powerbook. She's not liking the lack of freedom.
e.g She has to get an iPod coz none of the other players are supported well on the Mac.
Blame it on those companies?
Atleast why can't Apple support generic flash drives? (with iTunes)....
The Mp3 player scenario is just one case, there are lot more.
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KZeni said 7:29PM on 7-04-2005
Why would you not want an iPod? I find that they're the best options out there.
I find that it's the other companies not supporting apple, so they don't have their products os x compatible.
There are other options out there to what isn't on apple, that is for windows, and I find that they're just as good, if not better.
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Swissfondue said 3:49PM on 7-05-2005
Answer to commenter 7)
Although any flashplayer can be used with a Mac, most competitors have their own music management software, which just doesn't compare well to the iTunes-iPod integration. So your complaint should be a general one: why doesn't iTunes support other MP3 Players in the same way it supports the iPod? The answer is because Apple earns much more money selling iPods than music and other players don't support protected AAC.
What freedom does she lack? Most Mac OS 10.x apps are more than a good replacement for similar windoes apps.
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Jason Clarke said 4:01PM on 7-08-2005
I think this conversation has deviated badly from the post's original topic. And although I can see Chris's point of view, I think he's simply frustrated by having become too much of a Windows guru. It's similar to a junkie looking for a fix that is as good as their first high; it's never going to happen. He's never going to feel the exhiliration he did when he learned how to make Windows sit up and dance. That said, there's a ton of interesting software out there, and that's what this site is all about.
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