My list of things Lion needs fixed or added:
1) Expose in Mission Control (basically ungrouping windows within an application and seeing ALL windows all at once)
2) an option to remove the grey border when mission control is activated when spaces arent used. With that, an option to disable spaces would be nice. I don't need spaces. I do like options.
3) bring back coloured icons in the finder's list of places (volumes, desktop, documents, etc).
4) optimize Lion for memory, it is a resource hog
5) release iTunes lite, it is currently bloatware and doesnt deserve its title as its misleading. Some of us only need iTunes simply to play music, NOTHING more. For now, I will continue to use Vox and Enqueue.
6) Fix the heat and battery life issues. The OS should improve on releases (or at least maintain), not get worse.
7) Give users an option in System Preferences to disable the Macbooks screen when using an external monitor. I only need one big screen, my 15" macbook is too small to work on at home. Windows 7 has this.
8) Tabbed browsing in the finder. Get on it.
9) Allow the ability to COMPLETELY disable the launchpad.
1. Expose would be nice. Mission Control is way better than Expose alone, but I do miss seeing all open windows.
2. So basically you just want Expose back. You might like the option, and I'm all for you having the option, but Apple's never gonna do that.
3. Eh. Apple's new UI is grey. It makes the content stand out more, and I kinda like it. Again, I'm sure there's a hack for you, but Apple won't bring it back.
4. It uses as much memory as you have, because free memory is wasted memory. I don't understand why people complain about this.
5. I think iTunes 11 is coming out soon, and hopefully that should fix some of the problems. I wouldn't call it bloatware, but it is a bit messy.
6. I haven't had those issues; what are you referring to?
7. Seems like a minor annoyance, but I know how those can be sometimes. Should be an easy fix, although I don't know if Apple would ever care to add it.
8. This. Yes. So much this. This is the only thing I miss from Linux, but wow it was so convenient. I hate having to bring up three Finder windows for a simple task.
9. Just don't use it. Put your Applications folder back, and don't use Launchpad.
7. Last time i checked when you plug external monitor you can just close laptop lid and work on the external monitor.
If he's having heat issues, this could damage his laptop.