The way I close a window and the program hasnt exited. I need to click "File, quit" or control q. Really annoying too. I expect the program to stop running and allow the program underneath to take over.
This is one of the big differences between OS X and Windows, where OS X is document-centric versus Windows being application-centric, the main difference is that it is expected that most applications will remain running once their last window is closed, this is especially useful for certain applications where you expect them to stay running doing something with the window closed. For example you open up Mail, then close the window, it will continue periodically checking for new messages. iTunes keeps playing music etc...
Application closing wise, this is now quite similar with the Windows 8 Modern interface, where you are expected to just switch between Modern apps and not close them down, with the OS managing them. At one point Apple even disabled the little indicators to tell you whether an application was running or not, although that was turned back on by default later.
I find it's best with OS X to just not close the applications you use frequently unless you really need to, so I leave things like Mail, Safari, Messages, iTunes and a few other things always open. As I leave them open they are also reopened for me when I start up the computer so its all ready to go without me needing to run them myself.
The inability to maximize a window like in windows. I feel like Im wasting space, conversly, Kelmon, you feel like you're wasting space for the opposite reason.
Luckily fullscreen mode in applications uses the entire screen. As a bonus applications can also have a different fullscreen interface which makes better use of the screen size, versus just scaling up the window.
The animation to fully maximze an app to take up the entire screen is a slow animation meant for old people. I want that stuff dont at the speed of thought.
It's best to just not minimise applications unless you really need to:-
a) If its something like Mail, iTunes, Messages where theres only usually one window then I just close the window. If I need to go back to it I click on the applications icon in the dock and it's back instantly.
b) You can hide an application (and all its open windows), then click on the dock icon to instantly bring them back.
Alternatively you can organise your applications onto different desktops, or manage the windows via Mission Control or App Expose.
Needing to press the control key to right click (though Im getting over that)
Yeah this changed when Apple released their Mighty Mouse in 2005, though before that you could use third party (PC) mice with more than one button.
In sum, sometimes when I use a mac I feel like Im constipated. Prime example: the sticky notes widget. In windows I can add new sticky notes quickly after I open the app. On OSX I need to go back down to a corner every time to add a new sticky note. Its slower and mentally jarring compared to Windows' sticky note app. Little things like that (slow animation speed) (I want the browser, not the dock) make using macs give me a constipated feeling.
Keyboard shortcuts help here, Command + N will create a new note in Notes, and in many other applications it creates a new document. In Notes if the list isn't too long you can double click in an empty part of the list to create a new note, or right click in the list and choose New Note. There are usually faster ways of doing tasks if you need to.
