Most users on HN probably ignore the existence of it as well as power-users in general who are more likely to use spotlight or Alfred (or just opening up /Appli

Most users on HN probably ignore the existence of it as well as power-users in general who are more likely to use spotlight or Alfred (or just opening up /Applications for that matter), so I can’t say I’m surprised. It was added in what I consider the dark days of OS X Lion when they were pushing iOS-ification pretty hard, hence the similarity to Springboard on iOS. Still, useful for making less experienced users a little more comfortable - so I’m glad the option is there.