>However I do think working in modern macOS is pretty nice
I have hated the Mac interface from day 1, for very simple reasons:
1. I want my file-edit-windows menu on every window, not sharing the top of the screen (the whole promise of the personal computer was that I could have what I want, why can't I have this? fuck Jobs and Jony and anybody who substitutes their own preferences for yours and then claims to be a high priest)
The reason is, I have multiple app windows open, and I routinely look from one app to another, and then I look where I want to click, simultaneously moving the mouse and clic... if my app does not have the focus, the whole eye and arm movement was a wasted expensive set of motions, now i'm even forgetting what I wanted to do while figuring out where I have to go click to get the focus moved.
the icing on my UI cake is using focus-follows-mouse. I don't require it, but I like it and it is antithetical to the one-size-fits-all everybody-must-conform Apple way.
2. I want a three button mouse. period. I don't want to learn gestures, click in special places, and I don't want my different OSes to be different in ways that don't need to be. Would it really hurt Apple's feelings if I could have menus where i want them? Yeah, and if you like where Apple's menus are, why can't you have them? UX designers are so narrow in their thinking.
The whole promise of personal computers was... F J & J
There’s no helping with your first complaint (UI philosophy difference), but fwiw you can both have focus-follows-mouse (for either the whole OS or just Terminal, both work great) and multiple button support (I use a 4-button trackball with other fancy bits).
That said, despite being able to hack lots about the system, it would definitely be nice to have deeper modifications allowed. Alternate kinds of menus, pointers and windows would be nice, where users could experiment with new UI concepts, etc.
I personally really miss NeXTSTEP’s tear off menus, which were in early OS X builds until Aqua got rid of them.
I have hated the Mac interface from day 1, for very simple reasons:
1. I want my file-edit-windows menu on every window, not sharing the top of the screen (the whole promise of the personal computer was that I could have what I want, why can't I have this? fuck Jobs and Jony and anybody who substitutes their own preferences for yours and then claims to be a high priest)
The reason is, I have multiple app windows open, and I routinely look from one app to another, and then I look where I want to click, simultaneously moving the mouse and clic... if my app does not have the focus, the whole eye and arm movement was a wasted expensive set of motions, now i'm even forgetting what I wanted to do while figuring out where I have to go click to get the focus moved.
the icing on my UI cake is using focus-follows-mouse. I don't require it, but I like it and it is antithetical to the one-size-fits-all everybody-must-conform Apple way.
2. I want a three button mouse. period. I don't want to learn gestures, click in special places, and I don't want my different OSes to be different in ways that don't need to be. Would it really hurt Apple's feelings if I could have menus where i want them? Yeah, and if you like where Apple's menus are, why can't you have them? UX designers are so narrow in their thinking.
The whole promise of personal computers was... F J & J