Metal worries about the hardware in the same way that OpenGL does. OpenGL is the layer you stick inbetween your software and the hardware (or at least the hardware's lowest-level interface) to make it so you don't have to do hardware-specific things (in an ideal world; in the real world there's still some things you have to do to get the best performance.)
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Yosemite Moaning Thread
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Metal worries about the hardware in the same way that OpenGL does. OpenGL is the layer you stick inbetween your software and the hardware (or at least the hardware's lowest-level interface) to make it so you don't have to do hardware-specific things (in an ideal world; in the real world there's still some things you have to do to get the best performance.)
Tell me more! I was appalled by the changes they had made to the address bar, I hate how it's so small and how it only shows the top level of the URL (I hate it on iOS as well), so if there's a way to make Safari like it is in Mavericks I'll be a very happy man and the eventual switch to Yosemite will be a much less painful one.
I left Yosemite installing on my Mac when I left for work this morning, can't wait to see it in person. The Dock is fantastic from what I can tell (I've always been fond of Mac OS X Tiger-style dock), I'm a bit meh about the general look though (needs refinements).
Well I'm not sure about showing the full URL (though I'm sure the public beta program was set up to identify problems like this, and correct them), but you can show the favourites bar and stuff - I'm installing it now just to play around, so I'll let you know how much can be tweaked
Who are these people???
... that so many - no doubt much-and-over enthusiastic - have already and will be installing it without a proper bootable clone and/or backup! Why don't they carefully read the forums before an TAKE the advise from many users here, who know what they are talking about.
I foresee many tears floating around, when very dear digital memories vanish along playing with FIRE! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???
~ Cheers
... that so many - no doubt much-and-over enthusiastic - have already and will be installing it without a proper bootable clone and/or backup! Why don't they carefully read the forums before an TAKE the advise from many users here, who know what they are talking about.
I foresee many tears floating around, when very dear digital memories vanish along playing with FIRE! WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???
~ Cheers
Safari in Yosemite hiding addresses by default
Obscuring addresses maddened some users of iOS.
When some users of Safari 6.0.5 were affected, the obscurity was treated as problematic; a bug.
Obscuring addresses appals you, me and some other users of Yosemite.
From Next Safari for Mac hides full Web addresses (2014-06-05):
In the Apple area on reddit:
For users on OS X Yosemite, get full addresses in Safari with this new Extension
That extension added a bar; it could not override Apple's design. It did not work with build 14A283o of Yosemite, the developer was aware and encouraged me to send feedback to Apple. I did so.
Obscuring addresses maddened some users of iOS.
When some users of Safari 6.0.5 were affected, the obscurity was treated as problematic; a bug.
Obscuring addresses appals you, me and some other users of Yosemite.
From Next Safari for Mac hides full Web addresses (2014-06-05):
In the Apple area on reddit:
For users on OS X Yosemite, get full addresses in Safari with this new Extension
That extension added a bar; it could not override Apple's design. It did not work with build 14A283o of Yosemite, the developer was aware and encouraged me to send feedback to Apple. I did so.
I think it's pretty elegant. I actually think it works better in Yosemite than it does in iOS 7 because you can click and see/copy the full URL without the whole page disappearing like it does in iOS 7.
Because access to lower level graphic features is not blocked by the operating system in Mac OS like it was in iOS 7 and lower.
Nope. Real men pirate stuff.I hate that OS X Yosemite is FREE! Real man BUY stuff...
Spotlight arrangements
Whilst I like Yosemite's central positioning of the input field, I don't like that it appears so far away from a click on the Spotlight icon.
This is one of the aspects of Yosemite that's 'all over the place'. It lacks consistency.
If Spotlight is to be so totally separated from the menu bar, and totally unaligned with its icon, then make that separation more Mac-like.
Maybe, remove the magnifying glass from the menu bar; place it in the Dock. It's more normal for a window (or field or whatever) to appear mid-screen in response to a click in the Dock.
Or move the magnifying glass to top left, so that it can be easily clicked.
(It lost some ease of use when it was displaced by the notification menu icon. Restore that ease of use.)
Food for thought
Whilst I like Yosemite's central positioning of the input field, I don't like that it appears so far away from a click on the Spotlight icon.
This is one of the aspects of Yosemite that's 'all over the place'. It lacks consistency.
If Spotlight is to be so totally separated from the menu bar, and totally unaligned with its icon, then make that separation more Mac-like.
Maybe, remove the magnifying glass from the menu bar; place it in the Dock. It's more normal for a window (or field or whatever) to appear mid-screen in response to a click in the Dock.
Or move the magnifying glass to top left, so that it can be easily clicked.
(It lost some ease of use when it was displaced by the notification menu icon. Restore that ease of use.)
Food for thought
Now that I think about it, Spotlight and Notification Centre should probably switch places in the menu bar (or better yet, make it so that they can be rearranged like the rest of the system-supplied menu extras), since most people probably use the swipe-in gesture to access the Notification Centre anyway (if they're using a trackpad).
I could do. If I cared enough. Bit since I rarely care about upgrading (the Mac I'm currently typing this on is still running Tiger) I highly doubt I'll bother. I'll just deal with it if and when I get a new Mac.