So, I'm a bit behind the curve on this one. I only just upgraded my Mac to Lion. I mostly like it so far.
The full screen mode for applications in combination with the new Mission Control Spaces seems so oddly familiar to me. I tend to mostly work with the application window full sized already, so this seems natural. Being able to quickly swipe from one full screen app to another is intuitive to me. Its natural and fast.
It occurred to me that it would be more natural for my tastes if it would work vertically, but instead it only works horizontally. This clearly is an attempt to make the Mac work more like an iPad. In this case I don't object. But where have I seen this before?
Another improvement I think is the change of scrolling to reverse the normal movement. Its a little hard to get used to, but its not real annoying if you go the wrong way for a little while. It makes more sense this way.. the scrolling moves the page as if you were touching it. This is somewhat similar to back in the early days of the GUI when everybody had arrows at the top and bottom of the scroll bar, but then some systems started grouping the arrows together which I thought was better. That was something they did on the Amiga GUI.
Ah. My Amiga. I am donating my old system to an enthusiast since I will probably never use it again. And if I wanted to, I could run an emulator or AROS with much more capability anyway. Feeling nostalgic I am! I remember how it could do things no other computer could, even some things to this day that I miss. Like screens!
Hey wait! Thats where I've seen full screen apps that slide back and forth seamlessly! The full screen feature combined with Mission Control spaces is almost exactly like screens on the Amiga, except you cant move them manually and stop halfway. And they don't go vertically, only horizontally.
Everything old is new again! You can even assign apps to open on their own Space. And hey, here's an app that lets you go vertically. Nice. So, after over 15 years the Mac finally catches up with the Amiga! Its about damn time.
