Top 10 features that Apple stole from Windows
In the battle between Mac OS X and Windows, here's a reminder of where Microsoft supplied the innovation first
By John Rizzo
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Where Microsoft deserves the innovation credit
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1. Finder Sidebar: Windows Navigation pane
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2. The Mac Path bar: Windows Address bar
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3. Back and Forward navigation buttons in folder windows
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4. Minimizing to document windows into app icon
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5. Screen Sharing: Remote Desktop Connection
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6. Time Machine: Backup and Restore
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7. System Preferences: Control Panel
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8. ActiveSync and Exchange 2007 support
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9. Command-Tab: Alt-Tab
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10. Terminal: Command Prompt
2. The Mac Path bar: Windows Address bar
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard added an optional Path bar at the bottom of folder windows to display the path of any selected file or folder. Double-clicking a folder in the path opens that folder. Drag (or Option-drag) a file to move or copy it to one of the folders in the path. This feature first appeared as the Address bar in Windows Vista, which began appearing nearly a year before Leopard shipped. The Windows version has a bit more functionality, in that you can click an arrow next to a folder in a path to get to anything inside it.
- See what Microsoft stole for Windows from Mac OS X in our companion slideshow.
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