Jesus Diaz Reviews Mountain Lion
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 4:15PM Don’t expect me to link to any of this clown’s posts. His blatant, linkbaiting hackery doesn’t deserve the clicks.
Jesus Diaz “reviewed” Mountain Lion. Yes, the developer preview of Apple’s new operating system that isn’t yet available to the public. The same developer preview that will go through a series of changes and upgrades until it is released.
In case you forgot, Diaz is the same guy who referred to Apple’s Worldwide Loyalty Team as “gestapo” and “Nazis”. He also “reviewed” Lion over a week before it was available to purchase.
I’m not upset over Diaz’s blog post - I’ve come to expect this purile tripe from most of the Gizmodo team, especially Diaz. No, what I’m miffed about is the reasoning behind this hit piece.
@mpanzarino Beta software is feature frozen. I’m not reviewing performance. I’m reviewing UX.
— Jesus Diaz (@jesusdiaz) February 27, 2012
Jesus, sweetie, beta software isn’t feature frozen. That’s why it’s called “beta”. As an example (something he’s yet to provide to back up his claim), here’s what was changed for Snow Leopard beta version 10A411 - specifically:
•Dock Exposé reportedly now displays windows from all Spaces when activated.
Looks like a feature changed.
Here’s a whole list of changes to an updated Snow Leopard build from October, 2008. Notice the enhanced Microsoft Exchange support and account autodiscovery in Mail.app.
In fact, Lion didn’t even come with one of its most notable features in the first developer preview: iCloud. The first upgrade to the beta brought iCloud support with it. Since we’re only on the first build of Mountain Lion, there’s a strong chance many features we haven’t seen yet will make their way to the OS over the next several months. We may even see new features at an upcoming Apple keynote when the company officially demonstrates them to the public.
Jesus Diaz can justify and rationalize his horrible, grammar-raping, cliché-ridden writing all he wants. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s about as useful and mentally-stimulating as a fourth Jackass movie.