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John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by pkamb »

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #91
pkamb wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The dock is an application organizer, the taskbar is a window organizer. Big difference. The windows on each monitor should be represented in a taskbar on that same monitor. Easier to comprehend, faster to mouse to. The app Ultramon does this very well, it's essential for any multi-monitor Windows install.

With the default Windows 7 group and icon behavior, they're virtually identical in behavior...

Power users go with the "Combine when taskbar is full" option. Reduces clicks and hover times tenfold.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by ugh »

blahedo wrote: post #67

ARGH. I'm still bitter over the introduction of Spaces in the first place—a crappy implementation of virtual desktops that nevertheless drove all the third-party versions out of business—and now they cripple their already-weak version further? Over and over in this review I'm seeing Steve Jobs's message come through loud and clear: "You should be on an iPad. We're going to make Macs as much like iPads as we can, even…

Spaces is now implemented in a way people might actually be willing to use. That's what Apple typically does.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by [deleted] »

bengl3rt wrote: post #46

Siracusa strikes me as a power user type so I'm extremely surprised that he neglected to mention how patently awful and useless Mission Control is on multiple monitors. Whereas in the Spaces view in Snow Leopard I could move a window to a different space AND a different monitor with a quick drag, Mission Control doesn't allow this - I have to first move the window to the correct "Desktop", then exit MC and drag it to…

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Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by ugh »

natesm wrote: post #93
YooLi wrote: post #72

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I'm not sure I follow. You mean that when you are working on something, you just shut down the application to close all your open files? BTW, the apps need to be updated to take advantage of resuming application state, so application authors can choose to not support it if it doesn't make sense (giant Photoshop files, etc.).

I casually dabble in making music with Logic. When you open it (in Snow Leopard), it opens the last opened project. Logic is a pretty complex application, and there are a lot of different synths and filters. The synths take a lot of memory, since they have a large number (presumably) lossless audio samples in them (think every key on a piano, times X for X number of different strike velocities). Therefore, Logic only…

I know it doesn't help much, but you can globally prevent apps from resuming. There is even a checkbox for doing so in the System Preferences, it's not a hidden preference.

I say it's not helping much since it's a global preferemce and resuming apps would be great to have – at least sometimes.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by ugh »

mmuro wrote: post #95

I skipped about four pages from the middle of this review because it was just way too technical. I know he's an engineer and wants to cover these things, but I'm not interested in seeing so much coverage for something that very few people will get. It's not so much a review as it is an overview.

That's alright, the review even advises you to skip a few pages if you are not interested in technical details.

The technical details are definitly part of Siracusa's reviews and have been for well over a decade. It would be wrong to leave them out. Many readers expect them.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by ethank »

bengl3rt wrote: post #46

Siracusa strikes me as a power user type so I'm extremely surprised that he neglected to mention how patently awful and useless Mission Control is on multiple monitors. Whereas in the Spaces view in Snow Leopard I could move a window to a different space AND a different monitor with a quick drag, Mission Control doesn't allow this - I have to first move the window to the correct "Desktop", then exit MC and drag it to…

Actually interestingly enough full screen apps that have palettes are really nice on multiple monitors. Omnigraffle, etc. The palettes can live on top of the linen on your secondary display. it makes using Keynote, omnigraffle and similar apps such a joy.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by getsat »

clobber wrote: post #69
nzoschke wrote: post #13

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$ /usr/bin/python -V Python 2.7.1 $ /usr/bin/ruby --version ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [universal-darwin11.0] $ /usr/bin/php --version PHP 5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Jun 16 2011 22:26:57) Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies $ /usr/sbin/httpd -V Server version: Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) Server built: Jun 16 2011 22:09:54 Server's Module…

Anyone know why Apple didn't update Ruby to 1.9.2 in Lion?

If you need 1.9.2, the cleanest way to currently get it is via RVM.

Install RVM, then:

  rvm install 1.9.2
  rvm --default use 1.9.2
https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by jbrennan »

natesm wrote: post #93
YooLi wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure I follow. You mean that when you are working on something, you just shut down the application to close all your open files? BTW, the apps need to be updated to take advantage of resuming application state, so application authors can choose to not support it if it doesn't make sense (giant Photoshop files, etc.).

I casually dabble in making music with Logic. When you open it (in Snow Leopard), it opens the last opened project. Logic is a pretty complex application, and there are a lot of different synths and filters. The synths take a lot of memory, since they have a large number (presumably) lossless audio samples in them (think every key on a piano, times X for X number of different strike velocities). Therefore, Logic only…

The APIs in Lion which enable the saving and resume are built to do their reading and writing asynchronously. So long as the developer makes use of the new system APIs, it should be a nicer experience for a case like Logic with its significantly larger files.

Re: John Siracusa's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Review

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Post by hamedh »

natesm wrote: post #36

On resuming application state: >So, how's that "geek panic" now? Still there, huh? Well, let me try to reassure you. As a committed user of a great Mac text editor that, years ago, implemented its own version of almost all the document management features described so far, I can tell you that you get used to it very quickly. Spoiled by it, in fact. Ruined by it, some would say. Yes, it's a very different model from t…

there's an options in system preferences to turn it off. but it's global for all apps
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