Originally Posted By: tfabris
But I see lots of tiny little inconsistencies like that all the time. It's why a monolithic company like Microsoft or Apple will always do better in the Desktop OS realm, because they have the manpower to do the extra polishing work to iron out that kind of thing.

How many different file open dialogs exist in Windows? Oh, and how many different interfaces in general? Somehow, the manpower at MS isn't enough to keep things unified and updated either. Going between IE7, Office 2008, and Notepad reveals 3 distinct toolbar and menu interfaces.

I will agree the fit and finish part is an issue with desktop Linux, but the same also seems to apply to the commercial Windows OS as well.