The Log: Computing Simplicity?

When I published my post titled, “Dear Mr. Jobs” last week, I heard a couple of comments about my “cluttered” menubar. It got me thinking about the current move towards minimalism and simplicity in regards to our digital tools. It’s a movement that I’m greatly in favour of. It has been wonderful…

Finally, someone who gets it!

IIRC, the only exception are machines running windows that are running roaming profiles (I think that’s what it is) - when you log in, it has to load *everything* on your desktop into RAM, causing er, fun.

So go on, leave stuff about to use! If your muscle memory prefers a menu item to a Dock item, go for it and leave both. These are *your* fucking machines, people!

2 years ago · 68 notes · Source · Reblogged from chrisbowler

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    Computing Simplicity?
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    Finally, someone who gets it! IIRC,...machines running windows
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    think people need to take a look at...read both posts very carefully. A lot of people are...
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    This guy’s absolutely right....three more symbols...would...
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    think there is something about al that menubar stuff… As I understand minimalism in computing that’s not a thing about...
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    surprise to no one who...following along here for the past several months that I agree...
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