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Do you use Launchpad?

Do you use Launchpad?

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If I didnt have many apps then I might use it more, but I find it takes too long to find things on LaunchPad, and organising things is a pain with multiple pages (much the same as iOS before they allowed reorganising via iTunes)

Much prefer running apps from the dock/spotlight and for occasional ones I dont know the name of, a simple list of apps name (application folder in dock) does me nicely
 
I love Launchpad. I have them organised in the layout I want, not the order they happen to end up in in the Applications folder, and I now have my dock set to running apps only.
 
GoKyu said:
I have no use for Launchpad at all, and as someone else mentioned, I'd love to be able to disable it - particularly because when you download an app from the Mac App Store, it automatically takes you into Launchpad...I guess to be more iOS-like.

Bad feature for those of us who are familiar with using the Dock.
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Its a bad feature for anyone who isnt an idiot and knows how to use a computer.

Lion is such a fail. I'm sticking to Snow Leopard.
 
I've used Hackintosh of Leopard and Snow Leopard, and the main complaint i had coming from window was having to use finder to naviagate the file system to launch apps, being an iOS user, and a soon to be former windows user, Launchpad is fantastic.

click the icon, you have all your apps right there.

i REALLY like it.
 
I thought it was pointless at first, but I find myself using it more and more since I finally got around to organizing all my apps and assigned a more intuitive gesture using BetterTouchTool.

It's faster than Spotlight for finding an app quick, if you're organized. Also, like some others have said, it allows you to keep your dock clean and minimal.

However, I do have some complaints:

The whole thing where you click-hold an app to make all the icons wiggle seems pointless, since you can drag and drop apps without ever entering "wiggly mode." They should remove one feature or the other, no need to be redundant. Personally I think it would be more consistent with the iOS feel if they disabled free drag-and-dropping outside of wiggly mode.

Also, I wish there were an option to remove an app from Launchpad without uninstalling it.
 
I don't use launchpad, i have what i use most on the dock where its easier to get to, and i go to the app folder also on the dock to open anything else i use if i need it. Launchpad to me feel not needed.
 
I use it. I like a clean Dock. I think the only program I've added to the Dock for quick launch is Skype. Launchpad just reminds me of the Start button on a Windows OS, with "Quick Launch" programs. It just looks more "iOS-like" if that makes any sense. I have a games folder with Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Civilization V and Hoyle Casino in it. Keeps my Dock cleaner.
 
yongren said:
However, I do have some complaints:

The whole thing where you click-hold an app to make all the icons wiggle seems pointless, since you can drag and drop apps without ever entering "wiggly mode." They should remove one feature or the other, no need to be redundant. Personally I think it would be more consistent with the iOS feel if they disabled free drag-and-dropping outside of wiggly mode.
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The wiggly mode is used to uninstall Mac AppStore apps. IMHO activating wiggly mode to move apps would be a pain. Also (always IMHO) making OS X totally consistent with iOS is just wrong - Macs don't have a touchscreen!
 
wikus said:
Its a bad feature for anyone who isnt an idiot and knows how to use a computer.

Lion is such a fail. I'm sticking to Snow Leopard.
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I can't believe the hate over such a simple little feature. I'm actually shocked.

I wonder if people had nervous break downs like this when automatic transmissions came out for automobiles.

Just because a feature is added, doesn't mean you have to concern yourself about it and hate and degrade people who use it. Get a grip people.
 
I can't configure it the way I want, so I don't use it. The end. Very un-Apple like...
 
Why can't you configure it? I have all my apps in the layout I want them. Admittedly I can't omit apps from Launchpad, but I have a folder called Autolaunched for apps I never need to launch manually, and one called Rarely Used to tuck away apps I need only very occasionally. This done, I can launch my main apps faster than I could from the Apps folder on the dock.
 
Assimilated said:
Why can't you configure it? I have all my apps in the layout I want them. Admittedly I can't omit apps from Launchpad, but I have a folder called Autolaunched for apps I never need to launch manually, and one called Rarely Used to tuck away apps I need only very occasionally. This done, I can launch my main apps faster than I could from the Apps folder on the dock.
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Yeah you can remove apps from the launchpad with mods/hacks. Google it. :)
 
I rarely use it but I can see when it can be of great help: There are many apps that I use once in a while and I forget their name or confuse them with another app; for example, media converters: I use different ones depending on the type of conversion I need to do and sometimes I struggle remembering the name of the one I need at a specific time. Launchpad showing all (or almost all) apps is then useful and more user friendly than browsing the Application folder.
Another way I use it is when I'm bored :D : I launch Launchpad and try to find an app that I could use to kill some time.
But my main tools for launching apps are the Dock and Spotlight.
 
maril1111 said:
Yeh but for some reason it is active in my left top screen corner... how do i get it rid from there??
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Mission Control preferences, at the bottom is a button for Hot Corners, go in there and change the top left corner to something else
 
marcusj0015 said:
I've used Hackintosh of Leopard and Snow Leopard, and the main complaint i had coming from window was having to use finder to naviagate the file system to launch apps, being an iOS user, and a soon to be former windows user, Launchpad is fantastic.

click the icon, you have all your apps right there.

i REALLY like it.
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Put your App folder on the dock. Same thing.
 
Steve's Barber said:
Put your App folder on the dock. Same thing.
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Not the same thing at all: the app folder is in alphabetic order, Launchpad can be in any order you choose. I have my Launchpad page organised by both frequency of launch and category of app, so my finger already knows where to go to launch any of my main apps.
 
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