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Mac OS X Lion Notes: iOS Scroll Bars, Any Corner Resizing, Dock Changes
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I suppose this would be the key question that I really wouldn't know how to answer. Yes, if the computer could manage it's own use of memory, that would be welcome. But these questions remain: On a system with less-than-unlimited resources, where does Photoshop store such a big file if I needed to use the memory for other apps? If I am accessing a 100+MB Photoshop file over the network (which I often do), it takes Photoshop time (sometimes 10-15 seconds or even more) to access this file off of the disk. It is definitely not instantaneous. If I am at the limits of the memory on my machine, I would not want my OS deciding for me that since Photoshop is currently not being used, that it will close the file on my behalf, only to have to re-read it from the disk 15 minutes later. How would my OS know that I would not much rather close down my Mail app, for example, (maybe I won't be using that program in the next several hours) in order to free up the memory?
Is there currently some instantaneous way, aside from RAM, for the OS to temporarily suspend and store large files you're not working on but would prefer not to have to re-open from the disk?
Same boat. I might just hold off. Recently I have not been impressed by any HW and SW offerings from
. On the plus side I am saving a bit of money for other things.MissionControl = ActivityManager + App GUI only
ActivityMonitor = TaskManager
Big deal, seems as of late
is just creating or re-creating stripped down version of Applications already built-in or included in Mac OS X and calling it something else and selling it as a new feature. What if I do not want a Magic TrackPad or MagicMouse and by the looks of it the demo to even activate MissionControl seemed tedious. Lion seems like a step back.
Component technology was been for a while, web services are the last in this kind.
Altough opendoc was born in multimedia age, thus generating a lot of atention as it could integrate the content directly from another apps, it had very few pratical uses compared with a app..
your document full of objects from another apps, would look like... a modern app (full of components).
so he stick with apps.
Are you sure? The text moves with the present method. Not sure why 4 corners resizing would be any different. Though I hoped for all four size and corners.
Who knows remove the light indicator and make it an icon glow or halo. The present lights don't make it easy to see with the default white dock. Stupid move by
. I changed my dock colour to black and its looks sharp, only problem is I hoped that the icons had a glow around it rather than the small orb.Nice, didn't know about this. But then I doubt this command will go away in 10.7 anyway.
At least we'll have Windows to fall back on.I don't want Mac OSX to become a glorified iPad.
WE'LL have Windows? I don't think so. I don't use it and it's a shame that extra functionality to increase productivity in an OS annoys you so much you would take a step back to Windows.
Been said before, but no light indicator=stupid. I'm sure they'll find a way to address this come Summer 2011.
Unimpressed with Lion so far. I know it's still over a year away, but... there's no "Wow" factor about it so far.
Fail.
Fail.
Typical OS Bell curve.
Some of the best implemented features in Mac OS X were with 10.3 - 10.5. 10.6 was a refinement and it seems 10.7 is getting gimmicky on the way down till it flatlines.
People actually use those faint blue dots to see what apps are open? I always found sweeping left/right with four fingers to be a much simpler and faster way.
Quite visible with a black dock. If
omitted the floor reflection it would be perfect. I can see those who have visual difficulty that it might be a challenge, then again Steve Jobs has been aging with his poor eye-sight as of late, this is why Mac OS X has had the visually friendly fonts. 
I can't believe I read the entire 20 page thread, but I have and can say I agree with KnightWRX. I do not want to be told how to use my computer. I want to be able to tell the computer what to do. If I want to have a program listening on a specific port, it should remain open and listen until I close it. I do not want the OS to arbitrarily suspend it just because I haven't touched it for an hour. Nor do I want all notification traffic routed through some offsite server. Personally, I'm not impressed with the dumbing-down of the OS and abstracting control away from the user.
Something as simple as removing the scrollbars from along the sides of the windows or removing the active programs dots from the dock - this functionality is supposed convey information fast, without having to do anything. Abstracting them away from the user and making them more convoluted to find goes against all UI conventions I was taught...
Something as simple as removing the scrollbars from along the sides of the windows or removing the active programs dots from the dock - this functionality is supposed convey information fast, without having to do anything. Abstracting them away from the user and making them more convoluted to find goes against all UI conventions I was taught...
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Any corner resizing doesnt change that
Why do you not like choice?
I like being able to move my windows from the top left corner. Now they will resize when I try to move them. Oh noez Apple is dead now.
In iOS only one application can run at a time, there's no true multi-tasking. That's not the case in OS X. For example, it's good to know when Photoshop, Lightroom, Nikon Capture NX, Photo Mechanic and PT Gui are all running at the same time, because they take a lot of resources. Another example is that when Skype is using the webcam I can't launch FaceTime. Of course I can do Cmd-Tab to see which applications are running, it's not the end of the world. It's just weird to get rid of a feature that didn't hurt anyone.
I can't really understand why does people are so excited about that feature. Well, yes, I may imagine the situation when such an ability may be useful, but it's even easier when it would just get in a way. I hope there would be checkbox to disable it.
As for light under the icons in the dock, I'm totally agree with all you guys - that was stupid move by
Hope they would do that optional, too.
i'm looking forward to Lion, but i sure hope that they add a lot more than this. they really need to make some serious changes to UI
Everything about iOS is focused on reducing power consumption, by bringing this back to the Mac they are integrating power-saving features into the OSX itself. If, as everyone seems to agree, portable computing will greatly overtake desktop computing, Apple will be better poised to win that phase of evolution.
Additionally, Apple can do this while maintaining a rather common user interface across all of its products, which will further entice users to come on board the iOS/OSX bus.