Dear lord, I think you will huzzas all over this one:

http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000601.html

Gee whiz, where, oh where have I heard all this stuff before? And I do mean all this stuff. Here's a good example. A person named "Twist" posts:

We should "Rise Up" and tell Apple that we are not going to take it anymore. I will start working on our "Rise Up" banners and stuff. I see something done with silhouettes like the iPod ads. A crowd is gathered under a flag with The Cow proudly displayed on it with their fists in the air across from a giant Apple logo and Finder icon."

Well, "Twist" may be on to something here, but where will he find anyone that will agree with him? Is there anyone we can think of? Nah, how likely is that? After all-----

OS X is the the world’s most advanced operating system. It features a stunning intuitive user interface atop a rock-solid UNIX foundation to give you the most innovative, stable desktop operating system on the planet. Period

Given the above description of OS X is the honest truth (and it must be true otherwise Apple wouldn't post it on it's website) it isn't very likely that "Twist" and others posting on DrunkenBlog.com will ever find people who agree with them about the usability of OS X. Is there?

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There certainly is something very thaloish about that site. Wonder why we never heard of it before. I guess a keen grasp of the obvious isn't exclusive to anyone.
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Thaloish, yeah, I guess... except the guy seems to really worry about hurting people's feelings, and I, of course, don't, lol.

I think when you find people who are not geeks, who really USE OS X, not just horse around with it... you find guys who know it could be better. That's pre-MacLash. I think the honeymoon is drawing to a close, and people are starting to wake up to the fact that most of what OS X does, is complete bullshit. I want to see all that energy that goes into nonsense like the turd-splash, go into making apps run better, and making the interface more intuitive.

I'm all for re-thinking the Finder, but check out this abortion of a concept:

http://creativebits.org/mac_os_x/desk_-_rethinking_the_finder

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Apple ought to jump on that enormous smiley-face icon and use it as the mascot for OS X NOW.
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Yeah, that pretty much sucks. It's also somewhat Unix party line. They wanted to get RID of the Finder, and the desktop and turn it into a dumber file browser. I think just because it'd be easier.

The real brilliance of the legacy is that it was metaphor-driven. That's what we need to go back to. The Finder needs to be more than a file browser. The user needs to feel that the computer is organized BY THEM, and customized FOR THEM. We all have our associative and visual preferences... we put things in groupings and hierarchies that are meaningful to US, not necessarily meaningful to anyone else.

I say back to basics. Simplify the icons, give them a TYPOLOGY and semiotic program (so, for example there's never any question about what icon is an application... or which are documents, folders, etc.

Then have all icons in the Finder function consistently. Have all the visual feedback states be consistent globally based on function.

I've said this before, but my digital camera has better icons and a more intuitive interface than my Mac. I think if we went really barebones and simple, and ditched all the junk drawer, ten-interfaces garbage, we'd be better off.

There is still something way more USABLE about the legacy, than there is about Aqua. We need to be asking why. I used the Finder to enhance my workflow. Now, it's something I seldom looking forward to dealing with. I'm constantly twiddling windows and easing column sliders... to me that's the sign that something is WRONG. There is more time wasted just trying to SEE what I'm dealing with... and it was never that way back in the days of System 6.0.7.

Back then, the interface was just a means to an end, not an end in itself. And yet it felt more like "mine" than Aqua ever has. Why do you brothers suppose that is?

I think maybe it has something to do with the idea of blank canvas. A good interface is a CONTAINER for your life and work. It feels like YOUR desk, YOUR stuff. YOU know where everything is.

OS X makes that much tougher. You get the feeling that stuff happens all the time out of your control. Like the OS will handle it when it gets around to it. But sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. The legacy felt like MINE. OS X feels like Apple's. OS X feels like I'm being led by a nose ring instead of calling the shots.

I have to suck up and crap settle ALL KINDS OF FRIGGIN' HAPPY HORSESHIT I don't even want.

I can't say to it, hey, here's how I want the fonts to look... here's how I want to organize the file system. Here's what's important, here's what ain't.

The power of metaphor lets us visualize the desktop and Finder as our own virtual "world" that we create. We don't have to watch the commercials, we don't have to do things anyone's way but ours. That's the trick.

Someday I want to fire up a Mac and go "where's the interface?" Because it's so minimal and unobtrusive.

Here it is only Monday.

thalo all drunked up with Finder delusions already.

Brother go easy on the sauce.