On Jul 22, 2011, at 14:18, Matt Penna <[email protected]> wrote: > I am coming at these problems as a user of a desktop Mac equipped only with a > mouse and keyboard, thus gestures are not available to me. I'm not convinced > that's the source of the problems, but I would be happy to be proven wrong!
I have a trackpad on my Mac pro and I really really like the ifesture controls. I find the whole things very fluid and intuitive and most importantly, useful. > By mousing over an app's grouped windows and using my mouse's scroll wheel to > move up, the windows spread out slightly. This works acceptably (though not > ideally) for 2 or 3 windows, but I utterly fail to see how this is useful > when there are 5 or more windows open at one time in a given app. They do not > spread out nearly enough to provide a clear indication of the contents of > each of the windows, nor to easily select the desired window. Would it not > have made more sense to invoke app exposé at this point to display every > window in the application, free and clear of any other windows? I thought I could go from mission control to app view all at once, but I might have to do that app gesture twice. Not at my computer. Whatever it is, it's easy enough to do. > The fact Mission Control does not display minimized windows seems to be a > horrible oversight I consider it at huge bonus feature. Minimized windows are really finally hidden from view unless,you really want to see them. > The removal of the ability to invoke app exposé by clicking and holding on > the dock icon seems to be a mistake. Lion is really Designed for the trackpad. > At this point, Mission Control seems to be little more than a visual task > switcher; it tries to replace Exposé, but in my opinion, it fails in almost > all respects and is simply not very useful if you have even a moderate number > of windows open. App Exposé itself has also been made less useful, IMO. No, mission control is a app manager, allowing the easy creation of new spaces, removal of old spaces, and the ability to easily move apps and windows between spaces, for me it's major shortcomings are in dealing with multiple multiples plays. > I have some other gripes about Lion (I don't think I care for how Spaces > works now, for example, and I find the lack of contrast on window title and > status bars to be rather difficult to read) but to me, Mission Control and > Exposé represent major design problems. Well, Mission control *is* exposé and spaces. > > Should I feel differently? Am I doing something wrong? Your experience is going to be sub par without a trackpad. I'd suggest learning the key commands. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
