OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks - An Appreciation

[grahamperrin]

Yosemite: a surefire way to alienate customers

Recently in the Yosemite looks terrible! topic:

… This time I said I was going to give it a week and try to get used to the look, but shortly before 1 day I had to revert …

… I never thought I would hate OS X but now I do with Yosemite. … I can't stand using it for anymore than an hour before it puts me in a bad mood.

… In less than an hour I developed the headache that comes only with use of Yosemite … Shame on the designers of Yosemite. Time to restart; back to Mavericks for me …

Recommended reading

10.9 to be the last of the old school ? – especially the posts on page two, after Yosemite was released.

https://twitter.com/grahamperrin/status/533696885132120066 – somewhat anecdotal (there is, at least, the bias from MacRumors Forums) but look at the score for Yosemite. If a more professional approach to measurement yields scores with a dramatic difference between Mavericks and Yosemite, it should be difficult for Apple to ignore.