6 thoughts on “A tribute to Steve Jobs

  1. Re. the contacts / email addresses issue, as I said in my reply to a previous comment, it is now possible to get a list of contacts and email addresses when I compose an email, but not all of them.
    Also in my defence, I have complained to MSN in the past – not about this issue specifically, but during a period when the whole Hotmail service seemed to be constantly on the verge of collapse, and admittedly, things did improve not long after that.
    The PC I use at work is hopelessly old and slow, and I’m willing to concede that more recent editions of Windows may be an improvement. Then again – and to give you another example of the infuriating nature of Microsoft – I hate using the trackpad ‘tapping’ facility on any laptop, and in order to disable it on the aforementioned work PC, had to go through a mind-bogglingly complex process that culminated in downloading the correct version of a trackpad driver, as the laptop’s operating system didn’t even recognise that there was a trackpad on the computer at all, and there was no corresponding menu for it in the control panel menu.
    Apart perhaps from the transition from OS 9 / ‘classic’ to OS 10, I’ve just never had that kind of problem with a Mac, which I think speaks for itself, although now that Jobs has gone, there is a chance the Apple may go bad, so to speak, and their previous attention to detail will fall by the wayside.

  2. Still strange – I get all contacts when I start typing. Maybe it is an Apple issue? 😉 Seriously though, I think you are unnecessarily harsh on Microsoft. Apple design both the hardware and the operating system. If they did not work together better than in an environment where that is not the case, it would be a sign of bad design on Apple’s part. In your case it also seems to me it is the manufacturer of the laptop and not Microsoft that is to be blamed.
    Also, I could give you similar stories about the Apple Powerbook I once used for work. It had endless problems connecting to WiFi, and other than Windows it refused to give any indication of what the problem was. It took ages to boot and froze regularly, and despite being a powerful machine software took longer to start than on a similar Windows machine.
    These things happen no matter which platform we talk about, and all are better in some areas than others. As long as we are speaking about personal experience I find that Apple OS X has worked worse for me than Windows 7, but I would not generalise from that. I fact, the Microsoft platform has worked reasonably well for me since Windows for Workgroups, whereas the one Apple laptop I had was probably the worst computer I had in terms of reliability. Again, that is a personal experience and I’d never generalise from that.
    What I dislike about Apple, on a more general level, is the price you pay for some things appearing to run smoother – locked into one vendor. Why is it not possible, for instance, to upload MP3 files on an iPod without iTunes? That has nothing to do with better user experience. Microsoft tried similar things in the past and has failed (mostly; luckily).

  3. When I compose an email in hotmail and type in the first letter of the person I want to sent to in the TO field, it gives me a dropdown of all people starting with that letter AND all email addresses. Why is my setup different to yours?

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  4. I had another look after reading your comment, and if, rather than starting to type, I instead click on the grey coloured To: ‘button’, I get a longer list that is a mixture of my contacts’ names and their email addresses, although bafflingly, it’s not all of them, just a selection, which leaves me with the same problem I already had. This happens whether I’m using my home Mac or my work PC, so the only possible reason I can think of that my setup might be different from yours is because – tadaah! – Microsoft are rubbish.

  5. Well, I am only an occasional Hotmail user (never liked it, but use one account as a “junk” account), but I have just tried it and when I start typing it offers me both email addresses as well as names that fit what I type. As far as I can see non of my contacts are left out either.
    Frankly, I would be very surprised if Hotmail had an issue like this, but I suggest you email them and see what they say. If people constantly assume someone else will complain about an obvious fault and don’t complain it is now wonder that companies get on with what they do.
    And to make myself even less popular: I have used Apple, Windows and Linux. With the latest systems I don’t see such a huge difference in usability. I prefer Windows 7 or XP over Mac OS X, others will have other preferences. There are certainly issues that are handled better in one or the other OS – for instance, nothing beats the ease of use that Linux offers for updating your whole system and all applications with just a couple of mouse clicks, but overall it seems to me to be a stylistic and personal choice. If you move away from the desktop/laptop area, difference in usability appear to be more pronounced though and, so far my impression, more favourable for Apple.

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