Apple fanboy goes after Windows 8 Explorer ribbon, misses the point
Oh dear. The normally level-headed MG Siegler has completely missed the point in his latest quest to make Microsoft look stupid compared to Apple. The big, smelly fanboy.
Oh to be an Apple fanboy. What a joy to be so sure of one company, all its products, and even its staff. To the point that you can no longer form a fair and balanced judgment on any of its competitors. Instead, you’ll happily compare apples and oranges in an effort to make some deluded point about how Apple makes everything beautiful and Microsoft is doing the devil’s work. Step forward MG Siegler.
Siegler, a writer many love to hate, has outdone himself with his latest pro-Apple, anti-Microsoft rant. He first posted an image on his personal blog comparing the iPad homepage to the new Windows Explorer interface Microsoft is planning for Windows 8. Buoyed by the chance to gain easy pageviews he then turned it into a full TechCrunch article.
Let’s start from the beginning here. Comparing these two interfaces is like comparing apples and oranges. It makes no sense. The iPad homepage is great, this much is true, but it should, if anything, be compared to the immersive Windows 8 UI Microsoft is planning for Windows 8. Which is just as great. Simple, colorful, intuitive, etc., etc. Rather than the behind-the-scenes interface.
Furthermore, Siegler’s proof that this isn’t simply him flashing his Apple fanboy credentials is to state that his friends and followers (on Twitter and Google+ no less) also think the new Windows Explorer interface is terrible. Because they’re not at all biased, are they. His ultimate conclusion is that this isn’t something Apple would ever do, so it is somehow inherently bad. Because Apple is perfect in every way and has never made a mistake. Ever.
To be fair to Siegler I actually enjoy his style of writing and the way he invokes debate without really even trying. Up until the moment he covers Apple, when his blinkers are firmly fitted and he loses all common sense in his quest to further the cult of Apple. The problem is when he gets it this wrong he isn’t doing Apple any favors. In fact, it’s a bit of an own-goal.
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September 1st, 2011
Yes, he was being a little cheeky comparing two different parts of the system, but his point is still valid.
His point was that Apple work hard to reduce clutter and unnecessary features that people may not use, or that may confuse them. According to the Microsoft blog, just over HALF of the buttons that make up the new, cluttered, ribbon get used regularly – so why all of the other rarely used controls, placed just as prominently?
September 16th, 2011
Nice response to MG. He’s been awfully quiet since the microsoft build demo. Was looking forward to his take now that theres so much more to talk about. Love Andy Inhatko’s write up btw.. A great example of an Apple fan who doesn’t lose all sense of reasoning when covering the competition.