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"Acrobat.com leans a bit heavily towards presentation for my tastes. (Mac users should love it.)"

Yeah, because when you're presenting things visually, it's great to, you know, look good visually.

"Yeah, because when you're presenting things visually, it's great to, you know, look good visually."

....until it gets in the way of functionality.

see:  Time Machine

How does Time Machine UI get in the way of functionality?  Its actually quite nifty and serves its purpose well.  

And if you want to just browse a bunch of time dated folders, you can do.

"see:  Time Machine"

Spoken like someone who has never used it.

"Spoken like someone who has never used it."

WRONG!  I've used it a few times before on Mac systems that I've had to service where the user's system decided to just conveniently remove certain files out of the blue.  In one case, Time Machine didn't keep backups.  I recommended a Windows machine to that user.

To quote Paul:

"the company mucked up Time Machine with a truly juvenile user interface"

"The restore UI, as mentioned previously, is absolutely insane....not attractive or professional looking"

Although, I do disagree with this statement from Paul:

"Leopard will be attractive to a certain class of Windows users for the same reasons that Tiger was. Maybe you're a big fan of Apple's iTunes and iPod and want more software tools that work similarly"

I have a real problem with this statement.  Time Machine is absolutely in no way like iTunes.  iTunes' UI is a giant Excel spreadsheet - much more "professional" looking (read: drab, in this case) than Time Machine.  Apple put the UI luster on the wrong program.

@Waethorn - You know...you are as much of an Anti-Apple bigot as "lotsamystuff" ever was Anti-MS. We get it...you don't like Apple, you don't like MS, you sell and support Windows systems - and from all indications, you are damn good at it. Stick to that, its your strong suit...leave Macs and Mac users alone. You do not use OS X on a regular basis...you are as unqualified to speak about it as an auto mechanic is to discuss the finer side of manicures and pedicures...

On the other hand...when baseless rants come from the anti-MS crowd I will call them out, too.

--tayme

Waethorn

So you have an issue with the starfield background and NOT the actual UI?  Because all the starfield is is a wallpaper.  

The actual UI for time machine.... is a Finder window, or an iPhoto window, or an Address Book window.  How this "gets in the way of functionality" I will never know.

"The actual UI for time machine.... is a Finder window, or an iPhoto window, or an Address Book window.  How this "gets in the way of functionality" I will never know."

No, the UI for Time Machine is this GAWDAWFUL full screen mess that's overly dramatic and screams "LOOK AT ME!  I'M YOUR BACKUP ON ACID!  LET'S TAKE A TRIPPY WILD RIDE SHALL WE?".

....

"This is Windows' Previous Versions"

"This is the Cupertino photocopier on drugs"

"Any questions?"

BTW, tayme:   :p  (you're no fun!)

"I recommended a Windows machine to that user."

What a shock.

Isn't it amazing how WaeThorninmyside took a conversation about the relative merits of Acrobat.com and turned it into an anti-Mac rant?

FWIW, I think the Adobe offerings look fantastic, both from an aesthetic viewpoint and a functional one.

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