Derailed (Was: "Code Sandwiches")

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On 3/12/11 11:10 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 3/13/11, Nick Sabalausky<a at a.a>  wrote:
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> OSX is a nice OS. I gave it a try once or twice. The OS is nice, but
> man, when I started looking for software on the web I almost got sick.
> "Top 10 software for Your Mac", "5 Apps that will make your Mac
> Experience Awesome!", "This app will make you feel a Better Mac
> Person". "You deserve Beautiful Mac Software".

If you are a linux person, you may like Mac ports. I use a large number 
of linux apps on my Mac, such as GIMP, GNU emacs, Inkscape, vncviewer, etc.

> Ugh.. It's like every single app has a 10$ price tag and it's all
> about selling bullshit with pretty words hidden behind colorful
> websites. There was a text editor that had this one major feature:
> Full screen mode with black side-bars. That was it. Nothing else, just
> a text editor with black bars on the side running at full-screen. And
> there's a whole website devoted to how awesome and inspiring and
> unique this is, how it "helps you focus". And a price tag. People buy
> this shit, it's unbelievable.
>
> There was also this thread on Reddit with a guy making some
> window-management software. All it did was divide the screen and
> resized the windows and put them side by side or something. And
> apparently this was so awesome everyone started yelling "Take my
> wallet NOW!!!". Same thing happened on ycombinator.
>
> I know of at least Autohotkey which came out in 2003 with which you
> can do window management with ease. Hotkeys, keyboard or mouse, or add
> buttons to your taskbar that do whatever you want with your windows.
> There's an entire community devoted to writing all sorts of cool
> window management scripts, and that's just one small feature of this
> app. But apparently this Mac software that resizes windows is
> revolutionary, comes with a price tag and everyone thought it was the
> best thing that ever happened.