I wrote:Made me feel as if Lion had played a dirty trick on me. And it had. Needs to be fixed.
To which Christopher Stone replied: I strongly doubt this will be fixed as it's Apples new method of display - and the old method is still available.
Command-Control-0 goes back to regular list view.
I don't like it either...
I am seeing a pattern here that I don't like. Beginning with Leopard, I have seen Apple add new features to the OS which try to GUESS what I would like, but usually guesses wrong.
An example: When I set a folder to List View, I do so because I want to see it that way forever. Beginning in Leopard, folder windows started reverting to the previous view. The system was guessing that I really didn't want List View and reverted. It guessed wrong and I finally discovered the "Always open in list view" check box. Now I have to tediously do Command-J and check a stupid box. It wastes my time!
In Lion, I want to see the contents of a file, so I double-click it, only to be shown a screen full of files. I have to close all files, quit, then double-click, again. When I'm finished, I want to Quit the application and I want it to forget. But it guesses wrong and remembers. When I get a chance, I'll find a way to turn this off, I hope.
I don't want an OS that guesses. I want an OS that obeys.
The problem is that these irritants are features and there is nothing to fix. Perhaps I should file a bug report as an anti-feature request. :)
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