What is Lion's weakest new feature?

[The Past]

my personal weakest 'feature' is that apple realized the market of computer illiterate people is larger then the power user market and is gearing their product towards that new area.i want my library files visible , spaces, expose, save as, scroll bars, fresh restarts ..... not this grama friendly iOS+

I agree. They are stuck on that "one version only" mantra and now that one version is just cute and little else. Exactly, iOS+.

But the sad thing is that they are showing all the vital signs of a giant on its way out. I have not used any other OS in 18 years now and worried I will have to learn something new when I hit 60.

 

[sidewinder]

I agree. They are stuck on that "one version only" mantra and now that one version is just cute and little else. Exactly, iOS+.

But the sad thing is that they are showing all the vital signs of a giant on its way out. I have not used any other OS in 18 years now and worried I will have to learn something new when I hit 60.

Drama queen.....

You are overreacting.

S-

 

[Hyper-X]

Lion's weakest feature is Lion.

 

[kalsta]

my personal weakest 'feature' is that apple realized the market of computer illiterate people is larger then the power user market and is gearing their product towards that new area.

John Siracusa seemed to like it, and he's not 'computer illiterate'.

it was visible with fcpx and now with lion, they are taking the power out of power-user and making an o.s. suitable for the masses. very smart in a business and $$ perspective but it is annoying the heck out of me, i want my library files visible , spaces, expose, save as, scroll bars, fresh restarts ..... not this grama friendly iOS+

So this is for gra'ma huh? Young users will adapt easily enough too — they always do. I guess that only leaves the ol' sods in between who have been using Macs so long they call themselves 'power users' but are too tired and stuck in their ways to learn new things.

 

[Frign]

This works:

Open finder

Shift + cmd + g

Library

Don't break your thumbs
It is THAT easy:

chflags nohidden ~/Library

(in terminal of course)

 

[iCole]

I think that launchpad needs to be more customisable. I use it regulary but it is too limited for a full OS. I want to arrange my icons how i want, make them smaller or bigger, etc... I like the rest. I did expect more from fullscreen apps. Itunes fullscreen on an imac 27 looks silly.

 

[MartiNZ]

So this is for gra'ma huh? Young users will adapt easily enough too — they always do. I guess that only leaves the ol' sods in between who have been using Macs so long they call themselves 'power users' but are too tired and stuck in their ways to learn new things.

We all -could- adapt to the new ridiculous concepts, but that is not why we upgrade the OS; that's more hoped to streamline current processes and add value to the apps we are used to. This shouldn't include ditching fully-ingrained workflows and adding destructive and unnecessary systems and restrictions. Those are not things we -want- to get used to, and that goes for users across the board; I would warrant very little correlation with age ... but it seems to be related to how long one has been using OS X, which I suppose could be what is actually on show here.

I'm sure new users and especially those that came via iOS will be stoked. The rest of us ... shouldn't be!

 

[talmy]

I have not used any other OS in 18 years now and worried I will have to learn something new when I hit 60.

I have hit 60. Get used to change. And you haven't been using the same OS for 18 years unless you are running an 18 year old system!

 

[Darien Red Sox]

God I really HATE this mentality! People have been saying this for YEARS about Mac OS. All the advanced features are still accessible! If you really know what you're doing you can go into a terminal and do ANYTHING. Why do some people consider it a negative that Apple decided that it makes more sense to make a UI user friendly?? I don't see why you should have to fight with a computer to change simple settings. I say, the easier the better! I do very complex things on computers and even program in Unix when I need to and I think Mac OS is the best UI on the market!

And what do you mean you want your library files visible?? They are perfectly visible! If you don't know how to access your root volumes you are NOT a power user!

1+ Agreed, Apple made it more simple for the end user to use which makes it quicker and more simple to support wale at the same time keeping the power for the power users. Launchpad although it looks like an iOS thing is a return of something that disappeared with Mac OS X. So far I have used and enjoyed Mission Control and feel that it is for advanced users because I can not see most non power users needing it or figuring out how to use it. I think a lot of people don't like change and that's way they are mad.

Look at the first versions of Mac OS and then look at Lion, the basic layout and functionality are very close with the look of the user interface changing with 3D icons in OS 8 and then farther UI changes with the dock in OS X. When you have a system that has been that close for so many years it is a winner and is not going away any time soon.