On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 14:13, <[email protected]> wrote: > > the app store, Launch Pad, etc. feel like a big risk to me; i think Apple is > several creative leaps short of the object-oriented OS that this tries to > be; it may work for consumers, but i'll be surprised if it were conceptually > consistent enough to satisfy people who fully internalize the structure of > an OS
So, it'll likely be great for the people Apple is targeting and those who don't care to make use of it won't have to. In my opinion, this will be a great feature all around. Apple is incrementally moving closer to the goal of "you don't need to 'fully internalize the structure of an OS'" and I can't wait to get there. Sure I write my own code and don't mind tinkering with the system. But on a daily basis? Why would anyone want to intricately manage their files. Set the relevant metadata and find it when you need it through the intuitive interface. The biggest thought that I came away with today was, "I can't wait until they release Xcode for iPad". Or for whatever platform is around when iOS and Mac OS X really merge. If it hadn't been already, it should be abundantly clear that the menubar is on it's way out as an interface element. I don't expect this to occur with Lion, but it will happen. I also don't see the doom and gloom that many will see that as. It won't mean that you can't develop on a Mac anymore, or even that Apple is going to spoon feed to you everything you can do on a Mac, it's simply the next step in the evolution of user interface. And it's exciting. -- arno s hautala /-| [email protected] pgp f81c4e00 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
