On 2006-03-22, Peter Duniho wrote:
"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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It is for exactly reasons like this I love Apple iPhoto so much.

Anyone who thinks that Apple iPhoto (or any other particular software
application) is immune to this kind of problem is an idiot.

Apple iPhoto doesn't have that bug though. The thing is Apple iPhoto is
_vastly_ simpler than a combination of Windows Explorer + PhotoShop.
PhotoShop is a complex large piece of software, and so is Windows
Explorer. Apple iPhoto is likely much less complex than Windows
Explorer.

That's why I prefer Apple iPhoto for this kind of thing - it is designed
to do one thing - catalog, classify and allow some basic enhancement of
photographs and absolutely nothing else. It does this job very well.
There is a LOT to be said for not making things any more complex than
they need be.

Added to this, iPhoto seems to be well designed, certainly from a user
interface point of view.

All software has bugs. The main question is whether you use the software in
a way that causes you to see them.

More complex software (particularly combinations of two pieces of
complex software) are much more likely to have a lot more bugs though.
iPhoto may have bugs, but because of the vastly lower level of
complexity (I bet iPhoto is at least two orders of magnitude simpler
than the combination of Windows Explorer and PhotoShop), I'm much less
likely to run into problems with it than Jay with a combination of
Explorer and PhotoShop.

iPhoto is a lot cheaper than PhotoShop, too. Even if I include the cost
differential between an Apple PowerBook and the equivalent sized and
featured laptop PC. Oh wait - a similarly specified laptop PC is
actually more expensive :-)

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