Amazingly patent-encumbered, though.
Yeah. JPEG-XL is a really good replacement but it seems like it's getting nowhere. It's been years and the adoption is still quite underground.
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I don’t expect Apple to swap HEIC for JXL for iPhone 16, but I have heard the rumour…
HEIC is an amazing format. I don't know why more companies don't use it.
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Nautilus is a very barebones file manager. I really love Dolphin compared to it, it can be made simple or complicated depending on your needs.
How does Kagi compare to Brave Search? Is it an independent index?
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It really is beautiful!
NayamAmarshe commented on Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer) opiero.medium.com/why-you... · Posted by u/pierocapelo
Just because you never bothered to learn how to use shortcuts on Mac doesn’t make them inconsistent.
I can use the same set of shortcuts across all applications on Mac, such as copy paste as was pointed out earlier, or exit, or preferences, etc.
> On Mac, the distinction between Ctrl, Option and Cmd is arbitrary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key#
Literally first link.
Command is the key on Mac, option adds hidden capabilities and Control was added for whoever wanted to use it. For OS shortcuts I don’t even know if I ever use Control, only Vim.
And it is used for OS shortcuts, which also includes most used functions like switching windows and copy pasting, unlike Windows and Linux.
And just because they’re more “consistent” in your head, even though they’re not, it doesn’t make them any less awful. Using Command key for every OS shortcut is far superior than using mix of Control and Option.
Just one most obvious example: copy and paste between windows. CMD C, CMD TAB, CMD V. Who’s more consistent now?
I'm not sure why you're agitated. You and I and simply stating opinions and preferences.
> I can use the same set of shortcuts across all applications on Mac, such as copy paste as was pointed out earlier, or exit, or preferences, etc.
Literally the same with Linux. There's no difference.
> And just because they’re more “consistent” in your head, even though they’re not, it doesn’t make them any less awful. Using Command key for every OS shortcut is far superior than using mix of Control and Option.
Okay, let's see:
- New Tab: Cmd + T vs Ctrl + T
- Switch Tabs: Ctrl + Tab (Can't use Cmd + Tab) vs Ctrl + Tab
- History in browser: Cmd + Y vs Ctrl + H (H is for History)
- Downloads Page: Cmd + Shift + J vs Ctrl + J
- Swift through words: Opt + Left/Right vs Ctrl + Left/Right
- Select words: Opt + Shift + Left/Right vs Ctrl+ Shift + Left/Right
- Change windows: (Cmd + Tab and then Cmd + `) vs Alt + Tab
- Open directories: Cmd + O/Down Arrow vs Enter
- Copy Text: Cmd + C vs Ctrl + C
- Copy Text in Terminal: Cmd + C vs Ctrl + Shift + C
- SIGINT: Ctrl+ C vs Ctrl + C
- Delete file: Cmd + Opt + Delete vs Shift + Delete
- Backspace: Delete vs Backspace
- Delete: Fn + Delete vs Delete
You see how consistent Linux is with Ctrl? You don't need to use other keys most of the time. Everything's fixed. Terminal is literally the only app where the difference comes up because Ctrl + C is used for SIGINT, thats literally it!
Inconsistency is not an issue for those who have learned the shortcuts. Everybody has trouble adapting to new keyboard shortcuts so that's not the main issue. Mac objectively uses way more keys in shortcuts compared to Linux which is what makes it worse.
> Just one most obvious example: copy and paste between windows.
Always the same, Ctrl + C/V. Except for the terminal because Ctrl + C is used for SIGINT, even on Mac. So instead of having to invent a whole new key for copy/paste in terminal, Linux uses an extra Shift, which imo is much better changing the whole key.
Let's not talk about Cmd + Tab, Alt + Tab on Linux is much better than Cmd + Tab + Cmd + `. I use the Alt Tab app on Mac too, it's way better than the default, unless of course one likes to use more keys to switch between windows for no reason.
I use both Mac and Linux for work. It's not me who has issues. I'm able to work on both just fine. I just mentioned why I think Linux is better, because the keys are consistent within the Linux + Windows world and they're much easier to learn. Of course you're gonna have to adjust to the difference when switching to Linux, is that even something to be angry about?
NayamAmarshe commented on Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer) opiero.medium.com/why-you... · Posted by u/pierocapelo
And how does that translate to giving Mac users preference?
The tools for the most part. One doesn't have to hack the system in order to make it POSIX-compliant.
Mac doesn't make a better developer of course, but it's better than having Windows.
Google Research recently committed to help implementing it, in Rust, for inclusion in Firefox.
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/pull/1064: “the team at Google has agreed to apply their subject matter expertise to build a safe, performant, compact, and compatible JPEG-XL decoder in Rust, and integrate this decoder into Firefox. If they successfully contribute an implementation that satisfies these properties and meets our normal production requirements, we would ship it.”