So, how about an option for the rest of us who like the Windows way better?
There should not be an option, that would almost be worse. If you start messing with the fundamental concept of how the desktop works things become a mess. Options just mean the developer is too afraid to make a choice.
There should be an option, for the simple reason that I and many, many others like me want one.
And I can also use trite phrases to prove my point: One size does not fit all.
> If you start messing with the fundamental concept of how the desktop works things become a mess.
No, they don't. It means there's an option to change something to the way the user wants it to be.
> Options just mean the developer is too afraid to make a choice.
No, it doesn't. Options mean that the developer lives in reality. The reality again is: One size does not fit all.
Furthermore, the numerous third party tools that actually add this option haven't made OS X fall apart or stop operating. It doesn't stop me from doing one single thing. It changes the one behavior that I wanted changed. The only problem with third party tools is that they're third party and they don't have all the API access that Apple has. So empirically, you're wrong.
Your sense of aesthetic is also way off if you think OS X has got window management right. Numerous hard core Mac fans disagree with you on that one and everybody else in the world using Windows likes it just the way it is. I think the only facet of the Mac OS that is decried even more than the bad window management is the Finder.
That doesn't matter. Conceptual integrity is more important than you having to relearn some habits.
> No, they don't. It means there's an option to change something to the way the user wants it to be.
No, it means breaking the conceptual integrity of the desktop as it implemented on OS X. Once you start mixing things up ,that's when it gets confusing. Unlearn your Windows habits.
