Two unresolved Snow Leopard regressions

  1. If your wallpaper is stored on your iDisk, it is reset to the default when you reboot. In 10.5, the wallpaper was copied to the local disk; in 10.6, it’s loaded from the remote disk. In order to change it back, one must first change the wallpaper to a different one – even though it is displaying the default, OS X continues to think that it’s using the correct one, and does nothing when you give it the same file.
  2. It is significantly harder to drag and drop in between Spaces. In 10.5, you could begin dragging a file, activate Spaces, move the pointer to the desired space, and deactivate Spaces; you would be switched to the correct space. In 10.6, the space is not activated until it is clicked, which is impossible when dragging a file. If you deactivate spaces with the pointer on the desired space, you are sent back where you started. In order to drag between Spaces in 10.6, you must hover the pointer over the target space for a few seconds instead.

Additionally, the animation when switching Spaces is significantly slower and less smooth.

2009/11/21
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Discussion

Regarding Spaces, try hitting either space or return instead of deactivating Spaces.

Or you could just hold the mouse over the desired space for a few seconds, and it will auto-activate.

Dan Callahan
2009/12/25

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