Upgraded from 10.9.5 to 10.10.1. Decided to roll back to 10.9 after one day.
I didn't encounter any of these problems: WiFi issues, wake from sleep, slow Finder, or HD name (2). Mouse is very slightly but perceivably less smooth. Other then that it worked. These apps work fine: Firefox, AirPlay, VLC, MacJournal, Quark, PS, Thunderbird. But Parallels 9 gave me trouble, a whole range of weird behavior that after a few hours I couldn't fix. Probably can fix it after more time, but decided to roll back 'cos I don't see much gain overall. I have read about all the new features but they are not really must haves for me.
The major sticking point for me was the whole new look:
I was looking forward to the new look actually as I like iOS 8, but for some reason it didn't work for me at all when the new look is applied to the desktop OS. From a graphic design point of view, iOS 8 is slick and "shiny" with great fit and finish, but 10.10 is jarring, clunky, awkward, cheap toy from China rather than a Swiss watch. Functionally it seems fine, other than my mouse issue. But graphically it lacks refinement. I can only hope they would refine it like how they did from 10.0 to 10.6.
I didn't encounter any of these problems: WiFi issues, wake from sleep, slow Finder, or HD name (2). Mouse is very slightly but perceivably less smooth. Other then that it worked. These apps work fine: Firefox, AirPlay, VLC, MacJournal, Quark, PS, Thunderbird. But Parallels 9 gave me trouble, a whole range of weird behavior that after a few hours I couldn't fix. Probably can fix it after more time, but decided to roll back 'cos I don't see much gain overall. I have read about all the new features but they are not really must haves for me.
The major sticking point for me was the whole new look:
- font (I might get used to it after a while)
- transparency (why does part of my white window have a big patch of orange stain? distracts me from my workflow, nowhere in the real world would I hold a piece of paper and see orange colour from something underneath! when I am reading a letter in the real world I do not want to kinda sorta see what's behind it on my desk. if this was useful--as Apple claims--we would all be using translucent paper!)
- buttons (crude looking)
- app icons (they need to have more consistent visual weight)
- menulette icons (again visual weight problem, what a mess!)
- folder colours (fluorescent glowing blue?!)
I was looking forward to the new look actually as I like iOS 8, but for some reason it didn't work for me at all when the new look is applied to the desktop OS. From a graphic design point of view, iOS 8 is slick and "shiny" with great fit and finish, but 10.10 is jarring, clunky, awkward, cheap toy from China rather than a Swiss watch. Functionally it seems fine, other than my mouse issue. But graphically it lacks refinement. I can only hope they would refine it like how they did from 10.0 to 10.6.