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by preferenca 2311 days ago
The party line at Apple is that right click (and everything in there) is for power users only, and that you should be able to do everything a user reasonably needs with only one button. I think this is a reasonable approach, but it seems that it's breaking peoples' ability to transition from user to power user.

The other Finder issues, however... well, it's become clear that Finder has become simpler and simpler in an attempt to make the computers more accessible.

Did you know: you can turn scrolbars on by default? A lot of common macos/finder complaints can be addressed by toggling settings, but it'd be nice if there was a single "pro mode" button, or something.

2 comments

Pretty presumptive to assume all "pros" would want scrollbars turned on and all non-"props" would want them turned off.

UIs are complex and can't serve the needs of every kind of user by default. That's why there are options.

As a “pro”, I’d like scrollbars to be off by default, thank you very much.