Since Pages is from Apple, one would expect it to be awesome and without flaw. Unless of course one hadn’t been baptized in the Church of Apple.
I know that the standard when there is a problem with something Apple is that it’s the user’s (my) fault, but I’m not so sure on this one. I’m trying to upload a Pages document to Basecamp. Now, Basecamp is made by 37Signals, some of the most rabid Apple fans out there (but also the origin of Rails, so they get just a snicker on their stance).
It turns out Pages saves “documents” as a directory with several files below it (they call it a “package,” but calling my unwrapped Christmas presents wrapped Christmas presents doesn’t make it so). I’m sure there is a reason for that, just as I’m sure there’s a reason for the obnoxious screen capture behavior built into OsX (OSx? Who cares?). The problem is that browsers don’t do folder uploads, so one can’t just upload their Pages document without first zipping it up. Then, presumably one would have to unzip it to read it again. Zipping/unzipping isn’t a terribly painful process, but neither is stubbing my toe– not exactly the gold standard against which I measure an action.
Of course, this could just be the fault of every browser, because if it weren’t, then it would be Apple’s fault.
Come on Apple! Or is that one should never have to transfer a Pages document? Stuff written in Pages should only ever be viewed on that same machine? Did Apple just miss the existence of the Internet, or do they expect everyone to only use Apple products which, presumably, are equipped to ship a folder around? If Pages is any indication of Apple’s quality (and it seems to be), why on Earth would someone want to switch?
Of course, on all the message boards, all anyone talks about is how bad Microsoft products are, WHILE THEY’RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH AN APPLE PRODUCT! It would be funny if I didn’t have to work with Apple products.
