I have no idea what all of the behind the scenes APIs and system enhancements are, but the improved security is welcome. So this list will focus on user interaction.
Pros
• Quick Look
• Finder
Cons
• Finder
Ok, this was a thoughtful assessment, so thoughtful replies, comments, and corrections would be more appreciated than down voting.
Pros
• Quick Look
o Right sizing
o Before when you looked at something small, hitting the down/up arrow made the next file the same size even if it should have been larger. And vice versa, something small would be stretched to make it bigger.
o Now hitting the down/up arrow makes everything look the right size.
o I wanted that all along in Snow Leopard.
• Mailo Before when you looked at something small, hitting the down/up arrow made the next file the same size even if it should have been larger. And vice versa, something small would be stretched to make it bigger.
o Now hitting the down/up arrow makes everything look the right size.
o I wanted that all along in Snow Leopard.
o Email threads look like separate pages. This makes following all of the threads easier.
o The overall GUI looks better.
o But I don't get the "See more from…" feature. It doesn’t function how I would have expected it to, and how do you un-see them?
o The iOS like side bar is ok. I don't love or hate it.
• Resizing Windowso The overall GUI looks better.
o But I don't get the "See more from…" feature. It doesn’t function how I would have expected it to, and how do you un-see them?
o The iOS like side bar is ok. I don't love or hate it.
o It’s nice to be able to do this from all sides, although track pad precision isn't all that great for resizing.
• Hiding scroll bars is nice.• Finder
o Air Drop is slick. Its UI could look better though.
o All My Files is interesting, but how functional is it if you have a LOT of files?
• Mission Controlo All My Files is interesting, but how functional is it if you have a LOT of files?
o Swiping left and right to switch spaces is nifty.
• Hot cornerso This is nothing new, but setting hot corners for Mission Control, Launch Pad, etc is an essential feature.
• Rubber band effecto I don’t love it or hate it.
• Launch Pado It’s not that bad. I’ll probably use it for things not on my dock.
Cons
• Finder
o Lack of pinch to zoom of icons in Finder, like icons of photos.
o Nooooooooo. Why, why, why was this taken away?
• Full Screeno Nooooooooo. Why, why, why was this taken away?
o The dock isn’t accessible when in a full screen window, and it’s not really acceptable to switch to another space to use the dock.
o Safari isn’t technically full screen if you can’t hide the address bar. Accessing it via mouse over would work.
o Was shift+cmd+F taken? opt+cmd+F is awkward.
o Why is a full screen window in a one to one relationship to a space?
• Mission Controlo Safari isn’t technically full screen if you can’t hide the address bar. Accessing it via mouse over would work.
o Was shift+cmd+F taken? opt+cmd+F is awkward.
o Why is a full screen window in a one to one relationship to a space?
o Again, why is a full screen window in a one to one relationship to a space?
o Coming from someone who used Spaces a lot (and liked my spaces in the space I put them) but never used Expose or Dashboard, Mission Control is a cluttered mess.
o Using it was jerky, and that was on a new, pimped out Mac Book Pro.
o Can't move a window to another space using hot corners.
o Moving windows from one space to another in the old way was simply better.
o Opening new window of an application already in a different space was something I always wanted, but the way it works, I’m not sure that it works how I would have liked.
• Versions & Auto Saveo Coming from someone who used Spaces a lot (and liked my spaces in the space I put them) but never used Expose or Dashboard, Mission Control is a cluttered mess.
o Using it was jerky, and that was on a new, pimped out Mac Book Pro.
o Can't move a window to another space using hot corners.
o Moving windows from one space to another in the old way was simply better.
o Opening new window of an application already in a different space was something I always wanted, but the way it works, I’m not sure that it works how I would have liked.
o Ok, I can see this being a life saver. Does anyone remember getting the bomb in Classic OS at 3:00 AM writing a term paper and breaking into tears? And I can see myself getting very used to not saving things, but it could have been implemented better.
o The big deal breaker about it is if I make significant changes to a file (and this is often) I no longer consider it just another version, but it’s own file. The inability to “save as” a new name at that point is unworkable.
o The Time Machine like versions interface could also be easier to use, such as forward and backward gestures to view through the versions and hitting return (or cmd+return) to select that version. Also who wants dozens upon dozens of versions, so cmd+delete would be nice too.
• Resumeo The big deal breaker about it is if I make significant changes to a file (and this is often) I no longer consider it just another version, but it’s own file. The inability to “save as” a new name at that point is unworkable.
o The Time Machine like versions interface could also be easier to use, such as forward and backward gestures to view through the versions and hitting return (or cmd+return) to select that version. Also who wants dozens upon dozens of versions, so cmd+delete would be nice too.
o It’s good in theory, but it’s a bear to reload all of the apps/windows/tabs. Again, this was on a new, high end MBP.
• Gestureso Ok, I haven’t explored them all, and they aren’t all bad, but I have to wonder about when too many is too many.
o Some are intuitive and an excellent way to interact with the OS and applications, but others are too arcane and awkward.
• iCal and Address Booko Some are intuitive and an excellent way to interact with the OS and applications, but others are too arcane and awkward.
o You’re kidding me, right?
Ok, this was a thoughtful assessment, so thoughtful replies, comments, and corrections would be more appreciated than down voting.
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