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I miss those early days when Apple was announcing new features for OS X. Now, macOS gets iOS’s hand-me-downs.

by pupppet 3y ago

gymbeaux 3y ago
Or things nobody asked for like Stage Manager
- phillco 3y ago
  Funnily enough (re GP), apparently Stage Manager was actually originally prototyped in the OS X days (2006). https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/stage-manager-was-a-thing-in-2006-os-x-beta.2347636/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/stage-manager-was-a-thi...
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  iPadOS’s hand-me-downs
  - wlesieutre 3y ago
    I ought to mention, I really expected that Stage Manager on iPad would turn out to have been mirroring the VR headset's window management, but that doesn't seem to be the case
- CharlesW 3y ago
  FWIW, after using it for a few months I like it more than I thought I would. I decided to try it after my Average User sister said she liked it, and I wondered what I was missing. As context, I’ve used Mac OS since the late 80s and have permanently (to the degree possible) disabled the dock.
- bla3 3y ago
  Or the new Preferences.app.
  - foooorsyth 3y ago
    Why is it so slow? Opening proxy settings can take 5+ seconds
    - meindnoch 3y ago
      SwiftUI
- tpmx 3y ago
  Stage Manager is surprisingly great, IMO. Frustrating at times, but mostly great.
- coldtea 3y ago
  As if anybody asked for Cover Flow, one of the most useless features in the history of OS X?
  - basisword 3y ago
    It was really useful for quickly scrolling through a folder of images. As it relates to music it wasn't very useful - but it was fun. Not everything has to be useful.
- bdavbdav 3y ago
  I don’t get it on the Mac (mind I also need to use 3rd party window management / snapping tools here), but it seems to work well now the iPad has really good extended display support.
paradox460 3y ago
Or features removed a decade ago are now back, but this time they're much more locked down (widgets)
- ProfessorLayton 3y ago
  I still miss the old dashboard view so badly. It was awesome having multiple calculators and sticky notes one button press away without cluttering my desktop. They really botched it by letting it rot and not integrating it with the App Store. The latest implementation with the desktop is... okay, but unnecessarily messy imo — I'm unclear why they can't do both kinds of views on macOS (On the desktop + full screen view like the classic dashboard), akin to a dedicated view on the left side of the Home Screen + Home Screen widgets on iOS.
  - paradox460 3y ago
    I had a wonderful little widget that gave me the snow report for my local ski hill. Have yet to find anything that just worked that well. Current solution is a homemade telegram bot that messages me the report every morning. Also, fwiw, there were always ways to break a dashboard widget out of dashboard and onto the desktop. And dashboard's precursor, konfabulator, had that from the beginning
  - wpm 3y ago
    >full screen view like the classic dashboard They'd be admitting they shouldn't have killed Dashboard if they did this.

I miss those early days when Apple was announcing new features for OS X. Now, macOS gets iOS’s hand-me-downs.

gymbeaux 3y ago

Or things nobody asked for like Stage Manager

phillco 3y ago
Funnily enough (re GP), apparently Stage Manager was actually originally prototyped in the OS X days (2006). https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/stage-manager-was-a-thing-in-2006-os-x-beta.2347636/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/stage-manager-was-a-thi...
wlesieutre 3y ago
iPadOS’s hand-me-downs
- wlesieutre 3y ago
  I ought to mention, I really expected that Stage Manager on iPad would turn out to have been mirroring the VR headset's window management, but that doesn't seem to be the case
CharlesW 3y ago
FWIW, after using it for a few months I like it more than I thought I would. I decided to try it after my Average User sister said she liked it, and I wondered what I was missing. As context, I’ve used Mac OS since the late 80s and have permanently (to the degree possible) disabled the dock.
bla3 3y ago
Or the new Preferences.app.
- foooorsyth 3y ago
  Why is it so slow? Opening proxy settings can take 5+ seconds
  - meindnoch 3y ago
    SwiftUI
tpmx 3y ago
Stage Manager is surprisingly great, IMO. Frustrating at times, but mostly great.
coldtea 3y ago
As if anybody asked for Cover Flow, one of the most useless features in the history of OS X?
- basisword 3y ago
  It was really useful for quickly scrolling through a folder of images. As it relates to music it wasn't very useful - but it was fun. Not everything has to be useful.
bdavbdav 3y ago
I don’t get it on the Mac (mind I also need to use 3rd party window management / snapping tools here), but it seems to work well now the iPad has really good extended display support.

paradox460 3y ago

Or features removed a decade ago are now back, but this time they're much more locked down (widgets)

ProfessorLayton 3y ago
I still miss the old dashboard view so badly. It was awesome having multiple calculators and sticky notes one button press away without cluttering my desktop. They really botched it by letting it rot and not integrating it with the App Store. The latest implementation with the desktop is... okay, but unnecessarily messy imo — I'm unclear why they can't do both kinds of views on macOS (On the desktop + full screen view like the classic dashboard), akin to a dedicated view on the left side of the Home Screen + Home Screen widgets on iOS.
- paradox460 3y ago
  I had a wonderful little widget that gave me the snow report for my local ski hill. Have yet to find anything that just worked that well. Current solution is a homemade telegram bot that messages me the report every morning. Also, fwiw, there were always ways to break a dashboard widget out of dashboard and onto the desktop. And dashboard's precursor, konfabulator, had that from the beginning
- wpm 3y ago
  >full screen view like the classic dashboard They'd be admitting they shouldn't have killed Dashboard if they did this.