“Apple are treading a very fine line with this application though between functionality and bloat, now I am very pleased to say that in my opinion they are definitely on the right side of that line at the moment.”
This is what it’s all about. It’s slightly different to the Windows Tao which is “cram features in there and beat out everyone else cramming in features” and it’s also different to the UNIX Tao of “It does one thing. It doesn’t do this, it doesn’t do that. It does one thing.”
Preview is a essential application on Mac OS X because it provides exactly the essence of what a good application should. It does its job….and then a little more….
Need a little more? there’s iPhoto. Need a little more than that? Aperture. And if that doesn’t ring thy bells…..Photoshop.