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Comment by terda12 | Hacker News Reader

OS X looks better than ever. Yeah I agree with Notepad and Photos icons looking not good but everything else is perfect. I'm typing this on an OSX right now and it just looks great.

Worst part of the article by far was

> OS X packaging, once very elegant and eccentric (and printed on a physical box), has become thoroughly unremarkable.

This is 2016, no one uses CD's anymore. And that leopard print box design looks like packaging for some kinky underwear.

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>leopard print box design looks like packaging for some kinky underwear

It's funny witnessing how certain people that a couple years ago considered Apple designs the pinnacle of design and far ahead of everything else using the same arguments today that Windows fans used.

I think you're making a big assumption about who is saying what.

Absolutely right.

Every time Apple says "This is the best way to do X!" it invalidates their last version's claims of "This is the best way to do X!" especially when it undoes exactly what the prior version brought, and especially when it's about ergonomic or ease of use elements whose theoretical maxima really shouldn't vary much.

The cycle is really tired, and their wild claims have worn out their novelty to non-Apple people.

Perhaps it was never about the arguments themselves, but rather their veracity.

> And that leopard print box design looks like packaging for some kinky underwear.

Haha, exactly my thoughts :)

Generally I think OSX looks great but the icons (Safari, FaceTime, Photos) look woefully under-designed, especially compared to the other software installed on my computer.

My laptop doesn't even have a CD/DVD tray. I forget last time I've used a CD.

The author must be 90 years old.

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