Launchpad

[Krazy Bill]

I use Spaces in my Snow Leopard computer since, minimizing windows sucks on OS X,

You're kind of late to the party. There have been so many threads on this that if they were merged the MR servers would surely topple. Nobody here can help you.

Send a request to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

I don't like it either but I've managed to curtail my workflow to fit in only 4 desktops using MC. (Anything more makes it useless for me on a 13" display). I also never use Full Screen Apps which SL never had anyway. Also, with ML Apple eventually allowed us not to "group" our windows in Expose' - I think we were lucky to at least get that.

Combine these "compromises" with 3rd party innovations like BetterTouchTool and ML is tolerable. Not perfect, but tolerable.

 

[SpiderDude]

Dude....

Like I said, LaunchPad is designed to provide familiarity to those that own iOS devices but have never used a mac. There was "purpose" behind developing this app and it had nothing to do with "choice". Furthermore, I'll bet less than 1% of the Universe ever used the old Spaces app.

That said I agree with you 100%. I think the first developer release for OSX 10.9 is due out in a few weeks... it would blow my mind if Apple brought back Spaces/Expose' as separate apps.

That would totally restore my recently lost faith in Apple...

 

[Ledgem]

I just wish Apple would make a better way to organize Launchpad. I use it fairly often and just start typing to get the program that I need, but it could be so much more useful. I have dozens of programs and having to click and drag between screens is a lengthy process. Even worse than that, I had spent some time organizing Launchpad under OS X 10.7 (not through an external program, but through Launchpad itself), and the OS X 10.8 upgrade seemingly reset it to default. What's the point in spending the excessive time necessary to organize it if operating system updates will wipe your work away?

 

[printz]

They should let you put Dashboard widgets there, so it looks like the Android home screen! If Microsoft didn't do it with Windows 8, maybe Apple can do it now with OS X.

 

[tkermit]

Launchpad is completely optional, so what's not to like. You're free to use Spotlight, Quicksilver/Alfred,the Applications stack, the Finder or whatever other launcher you prefer instead. I think your parents will prefer Launchpad though. And personally I, too, like to use it with the trackpad gesture from time to time.

I just wish Apple would make a better way to organize Launchpad. [...] it could be so much more useful

Agreed.

 

[printz]

Launchpad is completely optional

No, it's not. I'm not forced to use it, but there are trackpad or system key shortcuts designed specifically for it that can't be (easily) assigned elsewhere.

 

[Krazy Bill]

No, it's not. I'm not forced to use it, but there are trackpad or system key shortcuts designed specifically for it that can't be (easily) assigned elsewhere.

Then I bet that dedicated-do-nothing "scroll lock" key on a Windows keyboard really drove you nuts.

 

[colourfastt]

Then I bet that dedicated-do-nothing "scroll lock" key on a Windows keyboard really drove you nuts.

It wasn't a "...-do-nothing" key; it worked as expected in VT-52 and VT-100 emulation modes.

 

[Krazy Bill]

It wasn't a "...-do-nothing" key; it worked as expected in VT-52 and VT-100 emulation modes.

Thanks Mr. Spock. But you took me too literally.

 

[printz]

Then I bet that dedicated-do-nothing "scroll lock" key on a Windows keyboard really drove you nuts.

It didn't replace something else or be a "recommended" feature. It was already obsolete by the time I was born.

 

[colourfastt]

It didn't replace something else or be a "recommended" feature. It was already obsolete by the time I was born.

You must be quite young.

 

[printz]

Well, it was 1989. But I don't remember any use of it in MS-DOS or Windows 3.1. Maybe there was something in DOS for power users, dunno.

 

[tkermit]

I'm not forced to use it

That's what I meant. It hardly gets in the way if you don't want to use it.