Address Book is pathetic in Lion. A 2 column view with a stupid, worthless page flipping is annoying as all hell. Do you have any idea how many Wong's, Wang's and Lin's there are? Putting people into their respective groups makes life a lot easier and it is annoying to have to flip pages just to see groups and individuals. Stupid ****ing design.
iCal sucks harder in Lion. No mini-month? Really? That is pathetic.
In terms of Mission Control. Most likely you have a simple workflow with only a few Applications and windows open. I typically have 40+ windows at any given time. You see, I am a scientist, I use my computer for work, not making iPhoto vacation albums to send to grandma.
And NO, App Expose is not a subsitute because it takes you out of Mission Control and now you can't drag you windows between Spaces.
I do not want to have 10 - 15 spaces and separating content by Application is a ****** workflow.
Typical Content for writing a research paper includes:
- Application
- # of Windows open
- Use
- Microsoft Word:
-2 - 3
- Writing articles, referencing old work
- Papers:
- 1
- For organizing journal articles
- Bookends:
- 1 - 2
- For organizing references cited
- Microsoft Excel
- 1 - 5
- This is data. I write about data
- DataGraph
- 1 - 5
- Excel's graphing process sucks
- iView Media Pro
- 1
- For organizing images
- Adobe Photoshop
- 1 - 10
- For measuring/adjusting images
- Adobe Illustrator
- 1 - 4
- For making Figures
- Adobe Bridge
- 1
- For organizing Illustrator templates
- Preview
- 10 - 20
- For seeing individual images, copy/paste from journal articles
- Finder
- 5 - 10
- For organizing individual files
- BusyCal
- 1
- iCal sucks these days, even in Snow Leopard
- Address Book
- 1
- I have a lot of people to e-mail and call during the day
- Mail
- 1 - 3
- Primary window plus some e-mails I might be writing
- iTunes
- 1
- Music
- Custom Programs
- 4
- For custom data collection, measurement, organization, reporting
I do NOT have the option to organize content by Application and put each application in its own Space. Content is organized by use. The images I'm writing about are opened on the display next to the Word documents. Excel is paired with Datagraph except for the graphs that I am currently writing about, which go on the screen next to the Word Documents. Etc. Etc.
Maybe you have a simple workflow. Good for you. Sometimes I wish I could be content with simple things, but then I remember that being able to do complicated things in a simple manner rocks. Snow Leopard lets me do complicated things in a simple manner. Lion is Simplistic and cannot handle workflows with lots of content.
The #1 advantage that OSX had over Windows as Content/Window management. That was the reason I have loved Apple, because Apple made it easy to handle a lot of content. Lion does NOT handle a lot of content very well at all. Lion barely handles dual monitors.
So don't pretend that Lion is a capable OS as compared to Snow Leopard. Lion's Mission Control, Address Book, iCal, etc. is a pathetic attempt at content management. Version Control could have been great, but is horribly implemented, iCloud is still buggy and doesn't provide basic syncing of Contacts and Calendars with Snow Leopard, gestures are nice but that is about it.
This is the first OS release where content management got worse. Starting from 10.4, I have enthusiastically upgraded every time and been really, really happy with it (except for 10.6 Expose, but there's a hack for that). Lion, was taken off my main computer within 2 weeks. If I could put Snow Leopard on my macbook air I would, but luckily I only have to use the macbook air when I travel.
Hopefully Windows or someone else will pick up the slack by the time 10.8 comes out. I doubt that Apple will get better under Tim Cook. Tim is not a product person. He has no taste and no vision. He is good at supply management, not product design.
