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Subject: Re: [9fans] g++
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:37:05 -0400
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this isn't directly related to the colo(u)?r scheme (sorry, i'm on an
extended stay in London), but the esthetics more generally are really
wonderful. as is the user interface in a more broad sense. just over a
year ago, i began using Mac OS X as my primary OS, and my Plan 9 usage
(aside from server usage) dropped significantly, much to my dismay. in
general i find the Mac OS X interface really, really nice. but there
remain several things i miss from plan 9, almost every hour i'm using
it. i miss ^W and ^U all the time (oh, and i miss having caps lock be
control, of course). i try to fade the colors as much as possible,
although OS X does a much better job by default than the teletubby OS
that is Win XP. Terminal.app is good, but i long for the rio windows.
and any time i'm doing any programming work or lower-level admin work,
i miss acme.

i find it somewhat ironic that while i love the UI of OS X, there
remain many elements i think Plan 9 does better.

i guess about a year and a half ago, maybe longer, i saw russ
demonstrate running plan 9 as a process on Win32. i'd love to be able
to do this on OS X. i've tried Inferno's version, but the OS X port
of Inferno is buggy, and not officially supported. i'd pay decent
money for a copy of either solution. we use Macs extensivly at work,
and i believe my employer would pay, as well. i realize it's
exceedingly dificult to make a business out of things like that, but
it remains frustrating that a solution is so close, but just out of
reach.

anyway: the plan 9 UI is amazing. calming, easy to use (once you
understand how), and consistant. wonderful.

oh, and nobody has anything *close* to how rio uses the mouse.
a