That was interesting @Ben, thanks!

I checked your contention that Apple invented touch screen phones, and while IBM introduced the first, and even HTC came before iPhones, apparently back in 1984 Apple made a concept "land line" phone that was touch screen. Never made it to market, but that could have been a catalyst that lead to IBM's offering in 1992.

I agree with you about browsing a Mac, but getting used to it seems to be key. As far as making things easier that cannot be done without removing options, and for those who learn where the options are it actually does not appear to be easier at all. Again, just agreeing with you... We've mentioned this before though, just try to set up OSX to show hidden files in Finder by default. It's a checkbox in windows, in OSX it's a nightmare:

1. Open Automator (in your Applications folder) and choose Service from the list of templates provided and click the Choose button.
2 In the left hand column under Library, select Utilities.
3. In the second column, drag “Run Shell Script” to the right hand pane.
4. At the top of the right hand pane where you dragged the Run Shell Script action, click on the right-hand popup menu and change “any application” to “Finder”. This sets the service so it only appears and can be activated by the keyboard shortcut when Finder is the active application.
5. Then click on the popup menu next to “Service receives” and choose “no input”. It’s important you do this step after step 4 because if you do the reverse, Finder won’t be available as an option in the right hand menu.
6. Copy and paste the following text into the empty text area of the Run Shell Script action:
7.
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to quit'
SHOWHIDDEN=`defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles`
if [ $SHOWHIDDEN -eq 1 ]; then
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool FALSE
else
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUE
fi
osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to activate'
Completed Automator action, ready to save (click to enlarge)
8. Choose File–>Save, and give the new service a meaningful name like “Toggle Hidden Files” that will appear in the Services menu. Once you’ve done that, you can go to the Services menu (located in the current application menu, next to the Apple menu) and your newly created service should appear there. You can even run it, it’s already functional, just lacking a keyboard shortcut.
9. Open System Preferences–>Keyboard–>Keyboard Shortcuts and select Services in the left column.
10. Setting the keyboard shortcut (click to enlarge)
11. Scroll down to the bottom and under the General category, you should see your newly created service listed there. Select it, then Double-click close to the right side of the selected line to reveal a field where you can enter a custom keyboard shortcut. Enter “Shift+Command+.” (might as well keep it consistent with the shortcut used in open/save dialog boxes), and then quit System Preferences.
The good news: follow those instructions carefully, and you will now be able to view or hide the hidden files. (By pressing Shift, Command and “+” together.) (repost of What's harder on the Mac?)