Lion: view from the outside

So it was a long-awaited update OS X, from which the release of Apple dragged for so long. A bunch of new API for developers, about a million of "chips" for mere mortals and frankly dumping Price did their job: users began to upgrade to the new "Makos" hitherto unprecedented pace...

Aqua

Apple is slowly but surely continued to refine the "akvu" in the direction of simplification. In OS X 10.5 idiotic company got rid of brushed metal, began a gradual transition to the "plastic". The Lion went under the knife one more vestige - rounded "caramel" button. Background windows are more faded, many of the buttons and icons have lost their color, and the controls themselves redrawn so that attract less attention. The trend to a shift in focus from the interface to the content available. Welcome to the 21st century.

The flip side of "ypadifikatsii" interface were completely nightmarish skins iCal and Address Book, migrated from iOS. Skeuomorphic design is now in vogue, but specifically these two applications, see "Makos" not elegantly saddle on a cow: overly intrusive oshkurka, inappropriate use of metaphor make themselves felt. I bet that 10.8 view both applications will be changed again.

Mission Control

Mission Control - one of the best innovations in OS X. The idea of ​​integration of full-screen applications, Spaces, Exposé and Dashboard based implementation is to be commended. No fuss with desktops, at least micromanagement. However, in the current implementation of the Mission Control in general and in particular full-screen applications are not aware of the possibility to connect an additional display. Those. connect several monitors can be, except that attempts to drag windows in Mission Control between monitors drive the system to a screeching halt. Similarly, like a natural desire to use full-screen mode available monitors, relegating each his own application abut the strange limitations. The result is that when using two or more displays of the winning extra megapixels and full-screen mode will not be quite the opposite.

Launchpad

Launchpad. Brilliant idea and the realization of a completely idiotic. First things first Lion Launchpad is a mess of icons, which will have to disassemble. Handles. Dragging the icons one by one. In folder. Each of which can accommodate a maximum of (sic!) Of 32 applications. In this folder, as in the case of iOS will automatically be referred to the principle of "taking the word out of the dictionary from the bulldozer." As a result, do not have a second share, there is a strong desire to strangle the author of the pornography on the wire "aimag". In a word, not an application, and joy of the masochist. In addition, the current implementation for real-world use slightly less than unsuitable.

FileVault

The Lion Apple once again reworked encryption, adding the spike system. Whereas previously only FileVault encrypted home directory, wrapping it in an encrypted DMG image, now you can only encrypt the entire disk. It has a function of using the add-on HFS +, which Apple does not want to be buried, despite its age. On the other hand FileVault 2 has practically no effect on the performance, more efficient use of disk space and generally gives less of a hassle. As a bonus - the encryption of disks used for Time Machine (just format them in Disk Utility, select HFS + Encrypted, Journaled), but that's to be held such focus exclusively from local disk: in the case of Time Capsule all your "encrypted" data will be stored in the clear on the disc itself "Capsule" :)

Autosave

While Windows and Linux developers argue that draw on the Save icon, Mac users can enjoy working with applications that minimize the fuss files. After the appearance of the autosave and resume for the loss of changes in the document will have to be like to try. The idea of ​​a more than robust: the application at any time to close, it will take care of is to restore its state when you restart,

gestures

Once on MacBooks appeared "right click" with two fingers and two-finger scrolling is. Then, pinch to zoom, trehpaltsevy swipe. The Lion developers "come off" in full, completely revised dictionary of gestures and involving considerable part of them to the needs of the system. Switching between applications, launch Launchpad, access to Mission Control, even search for a word in the dictionary - for all this has its own gestures. And woe to the unfortunate, who are still forced to settle for a mouse with a scroll in one direction. Trackpad and trackpad only! Given the opportunities Lion «multi-touch" on Wacom tablet They look just pathetic.

By inverted scrolling get used quickly, then it is not clear how many years we have enjoyed a completely idiotic scrolling. Multi-touch gestures is only reinforce the feeling that you work directly with the content rather than the tools and interface.

Not without a spoon of tar: cast in Snow Leopard at the mercy of developers trehpaltsevye default gestures used by the system, transforming into chetyrehpaltsevye. Naturally, excluding reverse scrolling. It turns out that in Safari, passage of history with the two-finger natural scrolling, and the App Store and iTunes - chetyrehpaltsevy, and even the direction of travel. Who prevented Apple to get rid of such a mess in your own applications - is not clear. Even worse things are from third-party developers, new gestures often stubbornly ignored. It turns out that in one case the volume is increased conventional scrolls upwards and the other - downwards.

To be continued…