“For the most part the updates to OS X have been good, but sometimes we lament that a particular feature was removed or that Apple has a new implementation of a feature we liked the way it was,” E. Werner Reschke writes for T-GAAP. “But the most glaring criticism over the past couple years has been the move away from a rich and deep look to a more flat and, what critics call, ‘cartoony’ look.”
“For those readers who remember the days before OS X — OS 9, 8.5. 8 and the dreadful, crash-prone 7 series — OS X is a godsend. The stability and security OS X has brought to the Mac platform is undeniable,” Reschke writes. “That said, nothing is perfect in this world, so even OS X can use some improvements. Here is our list of improvements for OS X’s next release we hope to see previewed at next month’s WWDC 2015.”
1. Speed
2. Depth Control
3. Background Window Blur
4. Stability
5. Better integration with iOS
6. New Sounds
7. Server Syncing
8. Return Desktop Number Indicator
Each of the eight issues above dicsussed in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: 9. Rock solid Wi-Fi connectivity.
I’
m way down the bottom here so no one will read my requests but here they are anyway:
A button to mute that fucking start-up chime
The option to display dock content as text instead of icons (slanting so as to fit them all in)
A total make-over of iTunes. It is so annoying, I try hard never to use it. I have situation s where I’ve imported albums of tracks and they work fine. But, if I go elsewhere to ply a track, iTunes, without being asked to, suddenly adds it to its library.
It’s YEARS past time when I was hoping for Apple to fix the date display arrangement. In System Prefs/Language and Text/Formats/Dates i am offered the option of Monday 5 January 2015 in other words day, month, year the way the civilized world writes it (Sorry, Americans) but in the menu bar it is never displayed that way
And talking of System Prefs, why not have a “next” button instead of insisting that I go one strep back in order to go two steps forward.
I STILL miss the functionality of the old Apple menu item. I don’t dare install Fruit Menu just now, my Mac is unstable enough without adding to “plug-ins” But what I can do with Fruit Menu is epic
And where the hell is the Macintosh user manual?
I have dozens more gripes but what the hell. No one at Apple is going to read anyway.
For many of you who have been long-time Mac users, like me, you can remember the time when we used to wait with heightened anticipation with the new release of nearly every new Mac OS. We waited for the “Aha” or “Wow” moment when Apple would surprise us with new, innovative, creative, and incredibly slick features that set it apart from the PC world. These came out at a time when Apple was run by CEOs who had a flair and intuition for software that not only was inspiring, beautiful, and powerful but also productive. Now many of us have a different kind of “Wow” moment: “Wow! I can’t believe Apple calls this shit intuitive! Wow! They destroyed yet another OS, along with some great software programs!” iWorks, iTunes, iPhoto…and the list goes on. Apparently, the new Sales management running Apple doesn’t care what it’s loyal computer customer base thinks: The watch-words at Apple today are gadgets, fads, niche products, dull and insipid design, and dummy-down software for the sake of sales for all those “in” products for “the moment” crowd. Until Apple finds a CEO who cares about great software and excellent productivity programs, most of will continue to see mediocre OSs dummied down to integrate with gadgets many of us don’t use or care about.