translucency is the new glossy screen---it looks cool at first, but in practice makes what you’re looking at harder to see
OS X Yosemite
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#52HandOff is the kind of thing I'm surprised took so long. Honestly, I was expecting MS to get something like it first. After all, your Windows Phone already runs Windows, right?
It's like Pushbullet built into both OSes with the polish that entails. Absolutely genius. I hope Google builds Pushbullet or something very similar into Chrome and Android, that integration is awesome.
AFAIK, PushBullet doesn't allow you to answer phone calls.
The closest analogue it comes to my mind is an early demo of Ubuntu for Android in which they showed the ability to reply to SMS messages from within the Unity desktop (although I'm certain I saw a phone call demo too, just can't find a link to the video). However, in that case, both the Ubuntu desktop and Android were running on the same device, so it was easier (still a notable feat for the time).
This kind of integration between different devices is far more impressive, though.
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#53So... Oh Ess Ten Ten Point Ten? Is that how it's pronounced? I suppose it's better than OS X X.X.
I think printing it as "OS X 10.10" is just a shorthand for "OS X (10.10)", which is necessary since combining roman numerals and digits (i.e. 'OS X.10') is awkward. You would still say it as "Oh ess ten point ten."
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#54translucency is the new glossy screen---it looks cool at first, but in practice makes what you’re looking at harder to see
I wouldn't say that's the case with iOS (and now OS X Yosemite) translucency.
This isn't like the Vista Aero catastrophe.
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#55So... Oh Ess Ten Ten Point Ten? Is that how it's pronounced? I suppose it's better than OS X X.X.
They already dropped the first ten. It's OS 10.10.
Apple is definitely printing "OS X 10.10": http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/05/osxyosemitefall...
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
That does seem to be a bit of a jumble. I think what they're trying to convey is that although it uses flat design like iOS 7, on the desktop it has a feeling of depth due to the layering of translucent UI elements. Maybe.
That's what they're doing on iOS7 also.
Yes, but here they pop more.
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#58I'm really looking forward to this. Unlike iOS7, the flatter design here doesn't make me feel like a bunch of amateur artists got a hold of a free copy of Adobe Illustrator. I actually like the new look quite a bit. Now, to pray that they've made some under the hood progress on multi-monitor support.
Moving work back and forth from desktop to mobile also sounds really amazing. I get a hint of it when working with gmail or drive, but this sounds much more deeply integrated. Google will have to respond, and this makes me happy.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
What issue do you usually have when you use ⌘+`? I haven't had any problems.
Use 2+ monitors and 2+ desktops ('Spaces' or whatever they're called). When you're expecting to go from app A to app B, instead you're taken to app C. Or, you're taken to an unexpected window of App B on a different desktop. Also, the Z-ordering of windows seems really odd. If you have multiple windows open from two apps, and you ⌘+` between them, sometimes all of App A windows are brought to the front and App B wind…
I agree, the full-screen and multi-monitor workflow stuff in OS X has been improving slightly, but it's still quite a mess. Apple seems to go out of their way to make it not work well.
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#60Widgets, translucency, and animations... So... OS X 10.10 is... Windows Vista with Aero Glass? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Windows_Vista....
The only difference is that Apple has done it in a tasteful and understood way. Aero looks gaudy af.