Post B53mlTiTiWYcS9pJ7A by khm@hj.9fs.net
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 (DIR) Post #B53mlTiTiWYcS9pJ7A by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       mac os software developers appear to be congenitally incapable of creating a program that does not have an icon in the top bar
       
 (DIR) Post #B53t1l0ZnFn0RQRAzg by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @khmNot sure what this refers to... Example?
       
 (DIR) Post #B53t1lDL1nzv50PMsy by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       Attached is a screenshot from Apple's own website.  see in the upper right corner?  Battery, wifi, search, settings, clock.Every single program you install puts more shit there.  the row of icons gets so long it hides behind the stupid camera notch they cut out of the display.  there are programs dedicated to organizing these icons.  there are programs that hide them so your screenshots don't look ugly.  there are programs whose entire UI exists within its top-bar icon.  it's straight up Windows 95 madness
       
 (DIR) Post #B53tRl4u9l4eBerOXg by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @khmHuh! I remember one or two applications doing that in the Snow Leopard era, but not that many.That's straight-up windowzish crappy UX.Now I see why some Linux guys hate on the system tray.To be honest, KDE Plasma is very similar, except that those are usually pretty useful, and auto-hide when they're not relevant.There will be one or two that are persistent and pointless, though.
       
 (DIR) Post #B53tRlO30aO191ogNc by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       here's an animated gif demonstrating a commerical product someone sellsstaggeringly bad
       
 (DIR) Post #B53uRB99qf7gha8Yr2 by rl_dane@polymaths.social
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       @khmThat's astounding.What percentage of those menubar-litterers would you say are useful?
       
 (DIR) Post #B53uRBGbOz4t4fcVSS by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       approximately zero.  the one for the VPN is probably fineof the ones that can't be disabled, none of them are useful.  my favorite is the one that doesn't seem to do anything but pop up a menu that just has 'exit' in it.  it's greyed out.
       
 (DIR) Post #B53vNiVzwYgIzJjXmq by slice@types.pl
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       @khm MacOS is for aesthetes. You wouldn't understand. The operating system is perfectly constructed.
       
 (DIR) Post #B53vNihLGNktYV2bT6 by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       there is no Jobs but Jobs and Cook is his prophet
       
 (DIR) Post #B53wmMwfNPxhHfWhAu by thedaemon@snac.9front.club
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       Did they reinvent the system tray?
       
 (DIR) Post #B53wmNA8ZKjlxRpSAi by khm@hj.9fs.net
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       yes!  complete with random colors, blinking, meaningless 'alert' badges, and no way to predict what the hell happens when you click them!current zen meditation:  the wifi thing only shows wifi.  there is no visible indication of ethernet connection.