The REASON why we needed SPACES was that we could have WAY too many windows open at once on a Mac. So much so that I was iMiffed when it was gone in Lion. I totally bought into this, back in the day. The notion of SPACES was that it's a neat way to keep like minded open apps together. Before you get iMiffed, humor me for a moment and hear me out. I dare anyone to tell me why either is needed at all. Makes zero sense and THIS is why I say, like FULL SCREEN APPS, LP can basically be abandoned.īy the way: need proof that Apple has complete contempt for the Dock?Ī month has passed since MC was introduced and SPACES was eliminated. Going to the same EXACT place every time I need anything is more intuitive and graceful than ADDING an app called Launchpad that launches you into a different finder altogether. My problem is that I like having folders in my dock of stuff I need. It's as if Apple's software people have complete contempt for the dock - and are desperate to have users abandon it. ![]() That is to say: copies of said organized folders. The misfire, if you ask me, is not allowing users to drag the new iOS folders straight into the dock when finished. Clumping apps together any way you like them. So Apple thought, AH-HA, we'll just drag into OS X a paradigm that users already get from iOS. The problem here, of course, is that unless you're a power user, you'll never do this. Then you could click them open and have access to similarly themed folders of apps. Then drag those folders into the part of the dock with the trashcan. Place them somewhere in the finder heirarchy. You see, before LP, to duplicate it's functionality, you'd have to organize folders yourself. After a month now, I kinda get why it's there. At first I thought it was completely silly. LAUNCH PAD offers an iOS experience inside OS X. I mean, what's the point of a wallpaper if you bury it with desktop clutter or eliminate it with full screen apps? If it's a busy and distracting wallpaper, umm. But there's an app in the Mac App Store which makes your desktop icons vanish with the touch of a button (CAMOUFLAGE). The only feature I find worthy of praise with full screen apps is that they hide the clutter on your desktop. Typically I want access to my dock (to switch between open apps without the added step of cancelling full screen first), and typically I want access to my menubar so that I can glance up and see what time it is or find an app menu quickly. ![]() I can see where sometimes this is a useful feature, but typically - NOPE. I find it's easier just to stretch out an app pretty big and leave it at that.įull screen apps DO offer a nice feature which is making your desktop, menubar, and dock go BYE BYE. Do you need the Mail app full screen? If you need reading glasses, maybe, but otherwise, nope. And there's lots of bright empty space when you do this. If you have a relatively big screen (20 iMac for instance), why do you need Safari full screen? Unless you intend to sit across the room from the computer, no reason. Let's go through that conclusion, one by one: ![]() It turns out that most users (with big enough screens) don't really need Mission Control, Launchpad, Spaces, or Full Screen apps. This conclusion is likely best suited for someone not using a small screened Mac. It's complicated to explain but I thought I'd share. My solution was kind of surprising and eye-opening. That is, I couldn't simply ignore MC because I still needed the previous helpful features in Snow Leopard. Mission Control, on the other hand, got in the way of a beloved feature for me: what was once SPACES and EXPOSE. Launchpad and full screen apps have the advantage that they can be simply ignored. ![]() So I quickly sought out quick solutions to 'fix' these new features. And of FULL SCREEN APPS? Not necessary on an iMac anyway. On that day, I immediately found MISSION CONTROL and LAUNCHPAD both uninituitve and pointless. I downloaded LION the day it come out, which was over a month ago at this point. I'm pretty good embracing a new thing when it comes along.
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