On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Arno Hautala wrote: > 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.
I think you're exactly right. My wife doesn't understand, or even want to understand, volumes and folders and files. I think it's fun to spend an hour or two every day keeping my files well organized. She doesn't. And she's the customer Steve Jobs wants, because there are a lot more of her than there are of me. But I must say that the presentation scared me. I write software for Mac OS X, and I don't write software for iPhone or iPad because I really don't like the business model (from my end; it's great from Steve's end). I finally decided that what he described will be optional (at least for now), so I can just ignore it. I never use Dashboard, and I expect that the new Launch Pad (did I say that right? I've already forgotten) will fall in the same category. I thought he looked disappointed at about the point where he switched from talking about Lion to talking about the new MacBook Air. Nobody clapped or made appreciative noises, and I think he expected them to. For him, this must be a really big deal. For me, it's either ho-hum or scary, depending on how paranoid I feel at the moment. I'll bet most of the people in his in-person audience were like me, hence the lack of applause. But I think you're right -- it's the right move overall, for the overall market. -- Bill Cheeseman - [email protected] _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
