“Mac OS X 10.7 Lion — the latest version of Apple’s popular operating system — is now available through the Mac App Store,” Rosa Golijan reports for MSNBC.
“Lion slightly alters the way you interact with your computer by adding a some powerful multi-touch gestures. You can now control more features and content than ever simply by tapping, swiping, scrolling or pinching your fingertips across your trackpad or Magic Mouse,” Golijan reports. “You can swipe up with three fingers to view Mission Control and see every open window on your Mac. Swiping to the side with three fingers, on the other hand, will let you switch between full-screen apps. Two fingers are all that’s needed to scroll up and down through documents and websites or to swipe through content as if it’s part of a book. A quick two-finger tap or a pinching gesture will let you zoom in and out on whatever’s on your screen.”
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Golijan reports, “All of these gestures may sound complicated, but after using Lion for a brief while, you’ll find yourself not even thinking about them. They’ll feel entirely natural and as if they’ve always been a part of your computing tasks… You’re paying $29.99 for an operating system upgrade which contains more than 250 new features. Yes, some of them are minor, but there is some strength in numbers — especially when just about everything is well-designed and integrated into the existing operating system. Some of the interface changes may feel awkward at first, but anyone who spends more than half an hour using Lion will probably forget he or she ever did anything differently.”
Much more in the full reviews here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Ben E.” for the heads up.]
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