Does anyone use Launchpad?

I use it and i like it more than the app folder in the dock,in launchpad i can see my apps better they no small icons and all together like in the app folder,they bigger or they look bigger with the space more space between them and in the first page the system ones so you don't need see all at once and scroll they just there and swiping can access others and look at them without distraction,you can access it with one click like the app folder and you have a better view of them ..For my also the gesture is easier than move the cursor and click so what can be better than that?

I like the first page because is the apple ones so you don't need look for them in case you have some more apps..Just look for what you looking and when find it launch it with a single click...

I am using it, by the way. A quick 'pinch' and then tap on the App I want. It's like an extended dock. I had an Apps folder, Utilties folder and MultiMedia folder with aliases in them on the Dock - tap the folder, then tap the App. Pinch and Tap or Tap and Tap or Swipe and Tap (iPhone). I'm getting used to Pinch and Tap because I don't have to mouse to the Dock first.

My eyes glazed over trying to figure out how Launchpad would make tech support easier.

LaunchPad isn't going to make tech support easier.

It's the eventual closing of our Mac OS X so it's closed like iOS where the user can't do anything to their machine except buy from the MacAppStore is what is going to make tech support easier.

Not that's an interesting Tin Hat theory! So at some point we won't be able to post here because we have jailbroken our macs? Will we have to go to Cydia to get anything useful? Will my $3000 machines only then excel at playing Angry Birds with each other? omg, where's the bridge.... 🙂

Actually I read in another thread that someone reinstalled Snow Leopard because Angry Birds wouldn't run 😝

The first problem with launchpad is that it contains too much stuff one doesn't care about or want to see, such as patches for other apps or support apps for other apps. An example is that I see all the patches for World of Warcraft, tons of them. It takes a good amount of time just to clean it up so it can even remotly be used.

I think launchpad might be good for novice users or new users to Mac OS. Advanced or expert users that only care about launching the app or utility as quickly as possible they will just use the dock for most frequently used apps or Spotlight.

Actually I read in another thread that someone reinstalled Snow Leopard because Angry Birds wouldn't run 😝

WHAAAA!!!! MY LIFE IS OVER F THIS CRAP IM GOING BACK TO SNOW LEOPARD AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK RIGHT AWAY WHATS HAPPENED TO APPLE IVE BEEN USING SINCE CLASSIC AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH NONSENSE LION ATE MY LUNCH MY PC MY WIFE MY KIDS AND I WILL NEVER GIVE APPLE ANOTHER DIME AFTER I THROW THIS EXPENSIVE TOY IN THE TRASH AND GO GET A SONY VIAO!!!!???!!!

Wait, who said that.

Still evaluating it, but, I think it will be useful as you can at least have more regularly used apps on one page without cluttering the dock. Still use the dock for all the important stuff that I use ALL the time and keep a folder in the doc aliasing my iDisc which is easier and quicker than opening the app then opening the document.

Still time will tell. But it may just be another way to access apps that I will only use occasionally, that said it's good to have options.

i tried for a few hours setting it up, but it reminded me how painful it is to try and sort out multiple pages of apps on an ios device

removed from dock and hopefully never have to see it again

Lauchpad is very useful on an iPod Touch, which is very limited

on how you can work with it. On a full blown desktop or laptop

where you have a keyboard, mouse, trackpad or any of the other

different methods of controlling a computer, Launchpad is just a

cutsie little feature that is best left ignored.

Ditto on using the Applications folder on the Dock. After finding out you cannot remove items from the Launchpad without removing them from the appliciaotns folder, I pulled off the Dock and may never open it again. Yes, I did move the apps I use most often to the front but got tired of messing with it.

I love the LaunchPad and use it all the time. I find it super easy to organize and launch apps with LaunchPad. With one gesture you can get to all your apps!!

I hate the dock and hope Apple provides a preference to turn it off completely. It's useless, cluttered and takes up valuable screen space or it always poking out when you don't want it.

Where on earth do you get that stat from!?!

I love Launchpad. One gesture to see all my apps ordered as I want them, then one tap and I'm there.

You would access finder by a cmd-n when on the desktop.