Apples New Features Leopard/Lion

I should work for Apple, I thought the features full screen and launch pad were the way for Mac OS to go since the first iphones started coming out, however I would really like to be able to get just these features for Snow leopard because I'm not so keen on the changes in finder and the whole "reversed scrolling" stuff. Any chance you will release them as a kind of "add on" upgrade type thing.
Thanks
Message was edited by: Omar22

Cocoa Launcher has been an almost exact replica of the old Launcher Control panel from Mac OS 9.
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/launcher.html
That said, you can make a Launcher out of Mac OS X 10.6 using folders in the Dock.
As for full screen, there are those of us who see that feature added to Lion and aren't too comfortable with it. There are times where full screen makes sense, but other times it does not. Mac OS has always been about muscle memory in the user interface. If you can remember where it is located, you'll naturally move the pointer where you need to go without having to hunt and peck it. The shift from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X was hard getting used to, but not as hard as finding menus in every window. I for one hope that never happens to Mac OS. But who am I to say what happens. I do put in my feedback like everyone else.

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