To many of you, the Mac programmers over at Microsoft are the company’s shining stars. Although they labor within the confines of a byzantine bureaucracy and strangely wrong-headed policies, they are not supposed to be drinking the company’s kool-aid. Rather, they’re supposed to be devoted Mac users who have carved out a solid niche where […]

Most of you know that applications run a little differently when you compare the Mac and Windows platforms. That and other differences are apt to cause some measure of confusion as folks switch to our favorite computing platform. Such minor issues as the Command versus the Control key for common shortcuts are easily mastered, and […]

One of the important features of an application designed to run on a Mac is that it is “Mac like,” which conveys the feeling that it provides at least passing adherence to Apple’s interface guidelines. Of course, it’s important to realize that even Apple’s own products don’t always past muster here, but you do want […]

Before I get started, let me make it quite clear that I do not regard Mac OS X as perfect. I’ve already weighed in on some of my criticisms, and there’s always hope that Leopard will address some of them. However, a few months ago, I offered what I felt were constructive criticisms when someone […]