one thing that I miss about the mac software scene growing up was how not just polished, but also fun everything was. you'd grab even the most basic of software off of some random website and it came with like a high resolution icon designed in photoshop plus a whole bunch of bells and whistles in the UI. you'd do something and your computer would make a little noise to tell you that it's working on it. UI elements would stick out in a way that felt natural. it's something that windows and even linux didn't quite get; the fact that computers should be enjoyable to use and not just tools that let you do stuff.
unfortunately it seems that the philosophy has largely fallen out of favor even on the apple side. I still might see something cool from time to time but I can't look at something and go "man I want that" because it's mostly just utilitarian white boxes now. I really think that the world would benefit as a whole if people started throwing mildly fun stuff into software again.
