brianus

macgui said:

sunman42 said:

Most of the features sound fine, if you need/want them, but making the list font in Finder windows smaller? Nuh-uh, even if the spacing has been slightly expanded. That will not make finding what you want easier, particularly for anyone with presbyopia (that is, almost anyone older than about 45).

Damn kids, get off my interface.

It's disappointing that Apple has continually made tweaks with macOS that do not benefit older users. I've noticed contrast in many instances decreasing as OSes have progressed. And making typeface smaller by default is almost agist.
 
I like the gloss of Glass but wish it were more like what "lickable" was to the current flat look of icons. I do appreciate function as well. But for the longest time (no, not at first) Apple has been the fine crocus cloth to other  OS' #80grit. At least in appearance. So like a great car, I want it to look the part as well as run well.

And presbyopia starts kicking a lot of vision butt at 40. 

Replacing Launchpad with Applications disappoints me. I liked the in your face display of icons filling the screen. Even with corrected vision, I found it pleasing.

So at the top there are a list of suggested apps that the Mac believes you're most likely to want next -- based on at least how often you use them, possibly also on the time of day.

Replacing it with a window like that which was Settings? Where the apps placement changed with each new OS? That's a poor model. Does this mean that the Applications app/window changes as your use of apps changes? If so — WTF! If it's not the case then I'll stand down. Otherwise it's a case of constantly relearning Where What is. Sometimes I think Apple Software engineers use a Magic 8 Ball, dice, pickup sticks, and snow globes for UI and UX designs.

And yes, there are kids I have to chase off my lawn.

AppleZulu said:

tht said:

Hoping this iPadOS multitasking rumor means unlimited background multitasking has finally made its way to iPadOS.

Stage Manager on iPadOS basically maintained the limitation of 4 simultaneous apps, which you could do with Split View, Slide Over and PiP. The only big improvement was proper external monitor support. 

They should get rid of Stage Manager and have unlimited background multitasking. Use an Expose like UI for switching between apps and windows. Apps that were killed should not appear in the switcher. 

Oh, Terminal.app please. 

And, hopefully this thing about needing to attach a keyboard and mouse to use this UI is wrong. Everything should be doable through touch. 

There will continue to be a limit on things like multitasking.  iPads are sealed devices with no means to cool the processor.  They can be powerful devices, but there are physical limitations that define their separation from Macs. MacBook Air has passive venting, and as you move up the Mac line you’ll find bigger and bigger fans for dissipation of heat. Apple designs the OS to serve the hardware, and so there will continue to be things that Macs do and iPads don’t do, and vice-versa.

mattinoz said:

Hopefully this is time they finally let the iPad shine. Let it be the Mac replacement it could be for lots of people. 

If they recut the interaction boundaries because of overhauling the system then to me there is a sweet stop in the middle that is filled by most MacBook, most iPad users especially the pro buys and the vision users. Who need flexibility to get work done but only go under the hood because of problems not a desire to tinker.

There is then a more supportive tier that covers iPhone and a less supportive traditional Mac tier. 

As noted, there are hardware limitations that define where these lines are drawn. The perennial clamoring for iPads to be Macs and Macs to be iPads tend to ignore this and also to be myopic about the fantasyland middle ground, while ignoring the other ends of the spectrum of affected devices…

9secondkox2 said:

Time for touchscreen Macs. 

… so we have this idea keep popping up. While a touchscreen on a notebook sounds fine and dandy (ignoring for a moment the clusterf*** of using touch to control a menu-driven OS), a touchscreen interface on a desktop Mac would be an ergonomic nightmare and orders of magnitude worse on a multi-screen Mac Pro workstation.  And before we start imagining a solution involving the bloatware of alternate user interfaces within the same operating system, let’s just remember that Windows does that for the Surface, and it’s well-proven to be nothing Apple should replicate.

So as you can see, while Apple leans into refinements that bridge the boundaries between product lines, there are actual reasons for the boundaries between product lines. Thus far, Apple has maintained the wisdom not to toss aside their core design principles in order to try to accommodate Apple fan fiction fantasies, and hopefully they will maintain that wisdom well into the future.