Ahead of the big “Back to the Mac” event being held by Apple tomorrow, the rumor mill has gone into overdrive and a few details are claimed to have leaked as to what users can expect to see in OS X 10.7 “Lion”. Most notable of all is the introduction of iOS scrolling to OS X according to Macstories who claim to have inside information. According to them, the interface of OS X will remain Aqua based but will include iOS features such as iOS scroll bars and scrolling behavior.
Macstories report:
That means you’ll have to say goodbye to the current Aqua scroll bars and get ready for a more minimal look. Also, the “rubber band” elastic scrolling iOS is famous for is making its first appearance on the desktop, and we’re told it “works really well and feels natural”. Basically, it works like the current inertial scrolling, but when you hit the top or bottom of a scroll view it “rubber bands” down like iOS devices do. Stuff like “pull to refresh” will be possible (and most of all, it’ll feel native) on OS X. We don’t know whether this would be an option or if Apple will turn on the new scrolling by default.
The site also claims that OS X 10.7 will also feature a newly designed Quick Look. Quick Look’s UI will change from the current translucent black to all white. Apple have also implemented a Quick Look popover so that when you highlight a file in Spotlight, a popover with detailed information about it will appear for a few seconds.
It should be noted that these are still rumors but the introduction of iOS scrolling would be a logical move for Apple if as is thought, they eventually plan to move towards touchscreen Macs.
