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==Criticism==

{{seealso|Finder (software)#Criticism}}

=== Of the Dock ===

[[Bruce Tognazzini]], a usability consultant who worked for Apple in the 1980s and 1990s, has been critical of the [[Dock (computing)|Dock]]. He wrote an article in 2001 listing ten problems he saw with it. This article was updated in 2004, removing two of the original criticisms and adding a new one. Some of his concerns are that it takes too much space and is too cumbersome for everyday use, complaining that the Dock only displays labels if the mouse is over the item, stating that labels are needed to distinguish different documents from the same application, as the icon is generally the default icon assigned to them at the time they were created, which, unless the user has modified it, is often generic to all of that application's files. Tognazzini also criticized the Dock's [[drag and drop]] actions, noting the confusion that results when an icon vanishes with the need to be re-added from Finder to get it back. He describes this "object annihilation" as bad behavior.<ref name="nine_thing_dock_suck">{{cite web | last = Tognazzini | first = Bruce | accessdate = 2006-12-20 |date=2004-01-01 | title = Top Nine Reasons the Apple Dock Still Sucks | url = http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html}}</ref>

=== Lack of Language Provision ===

OS X operating systems have beeen critcised for only offering limited choice of languages - about 20 - in which the interface can be viewed, Apple concentrating on providing only for languages of their most important markets. Rival system Windows is available in numerous languages including many lesser spoken ones. <ref name="Eurolang">{{cite web|title=Apple shun language diversity|url=http://www.eurolang.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2975&Itemid=1|date=2007-10-30}}</ref>

===Other===

Certain versions of Mac OS X come with their firewall turned off.^{[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uC4TDxumWI]}

==See also==