Gaming has never been Apple’s Forte, despite all the great hardware the new Macs come with. Notes can now contain images, videos, links, checklists (!!!) and so on. We can only assume that Apple has notice this trend and chosen to amp up its own tool. And we don’t need to talk about Evernote’s success. The tech giants OneNote has taken a far bigger role in the makeup of Windows, becoming almost a “mini Word” in terms of its abilities. Notes are absolutely a forte of Microsoft, especially since the announcement of the Surface and its pen accessory. We think it’s pleasant to see that the companies respect each other enough to borrow ideas off each other. But then again, Microsoft recently included a new multi-desktop mode that definitely reminds of Apple’s Mission Control. Watching Apple’s keynote, the similarity between Window’s “snap” mode and Apple’s “split screen” is definitely noticeable.
The probably biggest update El Capitan entails comes in the form of window management – which also happens to be an area that Microsoft has traditionally been strong in. Microsoft Edge is its name and it is definitely trying to shake off IE’s reputation – we don’t know much about it as it is still in developing stages, however we know that it doesn’t have any way to pin a tab. Microsoft on the other hand is introducing an entirely new browser, after the much needed ousting of Internet Explorer.
We are happy to see that El Capitan will upgrade this. And that’s a good thing, because the current bookmarking system in Safari is a little cumbersome. HarborDev has researched the new functions in both systems and invites you to a review showdown:Īt the WWDC the people at Apple talked a lot about the improvements that were made to their browser and one of those features is the ability to “pin” open tabs to give the user quick and easy access to the saved information – it’s basically like bookmarking but more visual.
Both new operating systems will be available for free to those who have already got OS X 10.10 or Windows 8 (both have support that extends even further back from this) and the general theme of improvement runs through both. Microsoft’s Windows 10 is coming at the end of next month and brings with it a whole new set of features, many of them iterations on Windows 8.1. Just like iOS 9, El Capitan takes the essentials of OS X – Safari, desktop management, Spotlight – and makes them better, tweaking the interface or reworking it slightly. Apple showed off its latest computer operating system, OS X 10.11 “El Capitan,” at WWDC and as predicted it was an iterative upgrade, based around improving the core features of OS X and providing a better experience to users.