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ckm · 2003-01-30 4:16 pm

I have wondered this for a while now, and I just wanted to pose this question to the creative professionals in this forum to get your take on it:

Do you practice Mac subterfuge?

By "Mac subterfuge", I mean: do you use Mac-specific or Mac-reminiscent elements in projects where you think you can "get away with it" ?

Some examples that come to mind:

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MacBoy4139 · 2003-01-30 4:34 pm

When building a front-end to an existing reporting system, I followed all of the Mac Human User Interface elements - it was seen as the most successful reporting front-end created for the department due to its ease of use.

MacBoy4139 · 2003-01-30 4:35 pm

P.S. - it was on a Windows NT platform (yeah, I know) for an insurance company (how boring can you get?)

skymt0 · 2003-01-30 4:42 pm

I don't have first hand experience, but I think it's just because the people use Macs and it's easy to just use a screenshot of the computer you're using.

scatterbrain · 2003-01-30 6:52 pm

last week i used screen shots of safari to promote a internet service for a local realistate company.

Hg · 2003-01-30 6:59 pm

the last line of my valedictorian speech from graduating high school was "think different." does that count?

CoryKer · 2003-01-30 7:10 pm

Utilizing Mac-reminiscent fonts (like Chicago, Charcoal, Sand) in broadcast credits or print layouts.

No one should ever do that ever.

Gary Patterson · 2003-01-30 7:53 pm

I use an image of the LCD iMac in hidden "About" boxes, in the databases I create.

They just look so good, so high-tech...

JD MacMan · 2003-01-30 7:56 pm

Would this count? This was in USA Today today.

I think that's what you're talking about. The HP ad guy must be a Mac fan (using 9 and Netscape, no less!).

ckm · 2003-01-31 2:10 am

Yes, JD MacMan...that's a great example of what I'm talking about!

And thanks to the others for sharing their stories. Any more? Anyone? Keep 'em coming! big_smile

petikas · 2003-01-31 3:39 am

Would this count? This was in USA Today today.

I think that's what you're talking about. The HP ad guy must be a Mac fan (using 9 and Netscape, no less!).

hehe this is great!!

~Coxy · 2003-01-31 7:09 am

Yeah, but did you have to quote the image? blush

Anyway, one of the guys who drew Love Hina must be a Mac user, since Kaolla Suu has a Power Mac G3 and an iMac in her room, and in a later installment; what looks like a G4 Cube.

Dojo · 2003-01-31 8:06 am

When we discuss purchasing new computers at my company I joke with my boss that I'll order some new Macs. Of course my boss just laughs but one day she'll say "yeah, that's a good idea."

Actually, I may get to do that some time because we might be doing some work for NASA and I understand that they use Macs pretty heavily.

ckm · 2003-02-01 7:12 am

(just a little *bump* to keep this on the first page...keep the replies coming! smile )

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