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[.Neo]

PyX, on 27 February 2012 - 23:42, said:

Between Keynote and Powerpoint on the Mac, the interface of Powerpoint makes it much more productive. The options are all at the same place. There is nothing like searching what you want in menus, submenus, toolbars, sub-toolbars, contextual menus and the inspector.

Beyond the Ribbon you forgot to mention PowerPoint 2011's Menu Bar, submenus, toolbar, contextual menus and toolbox...

When I'm using Keynote 99,9% of the time I don't have to look further than the toolbar and inspector. It really isn't too different from PowerPoint's Ribbon unlike you try to make it out to be.

PyX, on 27 February 2012 - 23:42, said:

When you have to re-learn an app completely, it sucks and you’ll find it amazingly hard to find your options and features. When you know both of them perfectly well, options are usually regrouped at correct places.

That pretty much goes for anything.

[strelok1911]

Just got it installed on my PC. AmA!

[Mateus]

Would love to see the hide toolbar pill button return, or even if they allowed an Option-click/right click on the full screen button to hide the application toolbar.

e.g. Left-click the fullscreen button to see more, right-click to see less. Makes sense, no?

I loved the ablity to make applications less cluttered via a simple button click, now this option is hidden away in a menu.

[Rudy]

Mateus, on 28 February 2012 - 13:30, said:

Would love to see the hide toolbar pill button return, or even if they allowed an Option-click/right click on the full screen button to hide the application toolbar.

e.g. Left-click the fullscreen button to see more, right-click to see less. Makes sense, no?

I loved the ablity to make applications less cluttered via a simple button click, now this option is hidden away in a menu.

The pill button looked messy, I didn't like it

[.Neo]

Rudy, on 28 February 2012 - 14:05, said:

The pill button looked messy, I didn't like it

Agreed. Never used it.

[Mateus]

.Neo, on 28 February 2012 - 14:10, said:

Agreed. Never used it.

I guess I was the only person who liked it! (or maybe not)
On a low-res MacBook I found it was handy to hide unnecessary toolbars and make better use of screen space.

[.Neo]

Mateus, on 28 February 2012 - 14:47, said:

On a low-res MacBook I found it was handy to hide unnecessary toolbars and make better use of screen space.

Well you can still do so quickly in OS X Lion: Just can add your own custom keyboard shortcut to hide the toolbar by going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. It's one of the great things about OS X.

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[Mateus]

.Neo, on 28 February 2012 - 14:54, said:

Just can add your own custom keyboard shortcut to hide the toolbar by going to System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts. It's one of the great things about OS X.

Brilliant, thanks!

[.Neo]

Glad I could be of service.

[Damian]

Apple today seeded the second preview version of OS X Mountain Lion to developers, building upon the initial developer version released one month ago.




As noted by The Next Web, Apple has also posted an extensive list of known issues alerting developers to various bugs and missing features that have yet to be addressed.

OS X Mountain Lion is Apple's next major operating system version and is scheduled for release in "late summer". The release will offer greater integration with iCloud, as well as a number of new feature including some drawn from iOS.

Article Link: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Developer Preview 2 Seeded to Developers

[Rudy]

Can't wait to see what's new. I wish I could install it

[PyX]

Rudy, on 16 March 2012 - 21:05, said:

Can't wait to see what's new. I wish I could install it

Same here. Only time will tell I guess. I thought the updates would be done directly and freely via the Mac App Store, but it seems like you need a code or something. In Lion DPs, you could install all those as soon as they hit the net via Software Update.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not criticizing that they regrouped all the updates at one place though. Just that updates should be easier than this for DPs

[sila]

I'm really looking forward to this. I think Apple have really got it right - moving forward with ~yearly updates adding a few new user features and associated under the hood updates for ~£10. With that pricing I am certainly happy with the frequency and volume of changes.

Microsoft should take note. Their model is way too outdated,

[Miuku.]

The GPU drivers have been updated for one, I'm seeing considerable speed improvements on my "slightly hacked" 560.

[PyX]

Any words on which version of OpenGL is supported ? They worked a lot on that regarding Lion’s release, because finally Apple understands that gaming is important to gain market share.