*** The OS X Lion Thread ***

v0n said:
Some of the fonts in all browsers look odd in my Lion. Especially visible on ebay pages - the item headers in listings....

Whoever decided scrolling up should scroll down by default should be shot.

Pathfinder doesn't return to the top upon clicking icon for me, a bit annoying.

Finder now looks rather grim and tabletish with all grey icons etc. And still has the same idiocies, nothing has been fixed.

I don't understand the idea of launchpad. What am I supposed to use it for? I know where all of my applications are. They are in a folder called Applications. Do I really need application in Applications to show me my applications in Applications as separate multiple pages? What am I missing?

WTF are my network machines and drives?
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Your post echoes a lot of what I said earlier.

You can change the scrolling behaviour back to SL style. It then occurred to me later the reason for the change is because that's how you scroll on iPhone/iPad. I don't think it works though when you aren't touching an actual screen & everybody was already used to the gesture under OSX.

I to don't understand Launchpad.
Do I remove everything from my dock pretty much & hide it, then just bring it up or shortcut it to choose apps?

It seems like its a user choice, as the dock still exists.
 
v0n said:
Whoever decided scrolling up should scroll down by default should be shot.

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I don't understand the idea of launchpad. What am I supposed to use it for? I know where all of my applications are. They are in a folder called Applications. Do I really need application in Applications to show me my applications in Applications as separate multiple pages? What am I missing?
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I quite like inverted scrolling, weird at first then starts to feel natural like on iOS.

The idea behind launchpad is so you can group your apps into meaningful groups etc for a quick launch - ala iOS home screen.

If you have many applications, the regular 'applications' window isn't good enough, I'm often sitting there for a moment trying to work out where the app I'm looking for has gone.
 
Logsi said:
If people are on the golden master will it update like normal and function like the fully fledged paid version?
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I've received all updates using GM. Been running fine for a while now, personally I really like Lion. The most slick OSX yet thanks to 64 bit.

Shame they took out Front Row, I liked looking at the movie trailers. :p

EDIT:
Just found a fix for Front Row if anyone interested:
http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/19/os-x-lion-kills-front-row-heres-how-to-get-it-back/
 
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Turbo-G said:
I quite like inverted scrolling, weird at first then starts to feel natural like on iOS.

The idea behind launchpad is so you can group your apps into meaningful groups etc for a quick launch - ala iOS home screen.

If you have many applications, the regular 'applications' window isn't good enough, I'm often sitting there for a moment trying to work out where the app I'm looking for has gone.
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Don't you guys use an application launcher or just cmd+space to type in the first few letters of the app.

I would be about 1/2 as fast on a mac if I didnt use an application launcher for opening folders and apps.
 
I was just about to ask how you get iPhoto in full screen mode?

Realised you have to pay for some ridiculous upgrade to 'iLife' I'm stuck on version 9 and the current version is 11. Not paying £11 for that!
 
I'm not so keen on it. Any way of switching it off?

iTunes feels really quick now, as does Safari. The new scrolling is going to take time to get used to :p
 
Tummy said:
I'm not so keen on it. Any way of switching it off?

iTunes feels really quick now, as does Safari. The new scrolling is going to take time to get used to :p
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You can switch the scrolling back to normal. Re: Safari - not that I can see. It seems in general there aren't many options to turn stuff off you don't like.

I've definitely decided to downgrade to Snow Leopard tomorrow. I can't live without the old Exposé/Spaces.
 
They just inputted BetterTouchTool-like software and making a fuss about it, still nothing special to me...yet, maybe that expose thing
 
I'll get used to scrolling, always liked starting from my homepage on any new internet app; Chrome / Safari / Internet explorer / FireFox.

Ah well :cool: so far, really pleased with iTunes it feels so much quicker, FaceTime is pretty cool but can't say I'll use it much, barely use it on my iPhone 4. New Mail is pretty nice though.
 
IceBus said:
This sums up some of my thoughts nicely: http://gizmodo.com/5819418/mac-os-x-lion-this-is-not-the-future-we-were-hoping-for
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I've go to agree with this review. Most people could , in fact , all people could live with snow leopard for the forseeable future. it's a nice OS but it's just that, nice but not good enough: an in between OS.

After a few weeks and people settle down with it, probably be liked by Many but I know for sure my snow leopard install disc will never be chucked out.

Personally I've spent more time putting settings back to how they were in snow leopard.

So the bottom line: no need to rush out and get it.
 
The increase in speed to Time Machine working with the Time Capsule is enough to get me to upgrade - very impressed.
 
I think the OS is faster. However all the bugs and stupid decisions that have been made

(IE, no charachter repeat) are now going to light.

This will either result in one of two things:

*this will be apples vista
*apple will patch and update soon with a pile of changes that will make it like snow leopard with a pile of extra bits.

In all im hearing the word: VISTA tallyed up with LION too much around the interweb.

In all, i think you will find that this is an no brainer upgrade for 20 pounds - many reviewers are saying that, but if this was say 80 -120 pounds, then it wouldn't be worth it.

*afterall apple has to leave the door open for chargeable upgrades, future updates and a customization 3rd party market.
 
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Tummy said:
I'm not so keen on it. Any way of switching it off?

iTunes feels really quick now, as does Safari. The new scrolling is going to take time to get used to :p
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Sys Preferences > General > Uncheck "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".


Alternatively, if you want to do this on a per-app basis, shortcuts are you friend:

If you have the feature enabled (see above), then if you quit an app with Cmd+Q it will remember all your windows (if the app is built as such). If you quit instead with Opt+Cmd+Q it will then NOT remember any windows/websites as you quit.

Invert this if you have the Resume feature unchecked; Cmd+Q is normal quit without remembering windows, quit with Opt+Cmd+Q and it will quit whilst remembering your windows.
 
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