UI Windows Features I Wish Mac OS X Had

It's the little things that matter. Here are some things I wish Mac OS X did that Windows does. I focus mainly on day-to-day user interface issues. Perhaps I'm just struggling to break free of years of Windows habits (although I still use Windows regularly, in addition to Mac OS X, which is my main OS for home and work).

• Restore all previously-minimized windows when switching back to an application with command+tab (in Mac OS X, to restore all windows, you must hold down option when you command+tab back to an application)
• The ability to right-click (or CTRL+click) anywhere in a folder and select, New Word Document, or New Text File, etc.
• In Mac OS X, when you Get Info (command+i) on a selection of fifty files, you get fifty little info windows, one for each individual file, instead of a single info window for all of the selected files in Windows (useful for determining the size of a selection of files)
• Selective file-level file encryption (i.e., by right-clicking on a file and enabling encryption for that file only) 
• Better support for open source applications GIMP and Inkscape (have to run in emulated X11 environment making the interface very clumsy and inelegant) 
• The ability to right-click (or CTRL+click) on a file and select "Send to..." mail recipient, any mounted drive on your machine, or a myriad of other destinations
• Clicking on the program icon in the dock/taskbar to (un)minimize the application

There are so many great features of Mac OS X that far make up for the above quirks (Exposé and Quick Look, for example). If you have any suggestions on how to easily overcome some of these annoyances, or if you have some other Windows features that you wish Mac OS X had, leave a comment.

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Verizon iPhone 4 Antenna Issues

I was somewhat optimistic that Apple would have fixed the iPhone 4 antenna issues with the release of the iPhone 4 on Verizon. However, the folks at iLounge tested out the new Verizon iPhone 4 and discovered that there are still "death grip" problems. Thankfully, a simple bumper case prevents your hands from making contact with the antenna and solves the problem (and gives your phone protection), so this will likely not be that big of an issue. I personally was never able to replicate the "death grip" problem on an AT&T iPhone 4 probably due to the fact that I had a relatively strong signal. It will be interesting to see if the iPhone 5, which is expected to be released this summer, will still have these antenna issues, regardless of the carrier.