The latest update to OSX incorporates design elements from iOS7. If you hate iOS7, you\u2019re going to really hate Yosemite. <\/p>\n
However, there are a couple of things you can do to restore screen legibility. Open up the Accessibility preference pane in System Preferences. Click on the checkbox labelled increase contrast. It automatically checks the box for Reduce Transparency. This does two things. First, it stops background colors from bleeding through menu bars and option panels. Second, it darkens the text so it is more legible. <\/p>\n
That still isn\u2019t enough for my non-retina displays, so I also move the Display Contrast up to the first tick mark. Finally, on the physical monitor controls I reduced the brightness a bit. I\u2019ve been using it all morning and the text is readable. Unfortunately, there is no way to fix the contrast on buttons so that they are more readily identifiable, but I suppose I\u2019ll get used to it.<\/p>\n
Safari:
\nI like to see the entire URL when maintaining my websites, so in the Advanced Safari preferences I check, \u201cShow full website address\u201d. In the security section I turned off \u201cAutofill web forms using: Credit cards\u201d. Then under the View menu item, I turned on \u201cShow Tab Bar\u201d and \u201cShow Status Bar\u201d.<\/p>\n
Dock:
\nIn the Dock preference pane, I disable \u201cDouble-click a window\u2019s title bar to minimize\u201d. Prevents you from accidentally disappearing windows. This isn\u2019t a new feature, but I just found out how to disable it.<\/p>\n
My usual method for pinning the dock the bottom RHS corner doesn\u2019t work, so if anyone figures out how to do it, pls let me know.<\/p>\n
Finder:
\nIn the General preference pane, change \u201cSidebar icon size\u201d to large. Improves legibility.<\/p>\n
Lots of other annoying things I\u2019ll probably get used to, though it would be nice if someone figures out how to change the folder color in the Finder from the garish blue. The good news is that everything I\u2019ve tried so far works just as before\u2014including all the software I wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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