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A handful of OS X users on Reddit are reporting a weird bug that makes Launchpad simultaneously unusable and rather beautiful.
According to Cult of Mac, the problem is a result of OS X using an incorrect core filter built into the OS when it throws up Launchpad:
[S]omehow Launchpad is applying the crystallize effect when it should be using blur. It’s a bit whacky and goes away after a bit, but it sure is spectacular.
It’s weird, sure, but at least it looks kinda cool. Has this happened to you? [Reddit via Cult of Mac via Ubergizmo]
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I just clicked on Launchpad for the first time since I put Lion on to check and, no, not me. It is cool though and would probably make me use it much more often.
Launchpad is especially useful using a magic trackpad (or whatever it’s called), opening Launchpad with the 4 finger expand gesture and navigating it with 2 finder swipes feels very natural and a lot more convenient than opening finder, applications and then searching for the app.
Still not as quick or convenient as using spotlight to find the app though.
Yeah, I’m a spotlight convert now that I’ve learned to hide my porn properly.
You didn’t want to see your own porn?!
Not during high profile demos at work. Not after the last time….
Been there done that. I was doing a presentation on SAN attached storage for Lord Brown back in the day at BP, when SANs was were still new. BAM, Linda Lovelace ala donkeypr0n.
In my defence, it wasnt my laptop. But still.
I no longer work there.
Hahahaha…. oooh.
Well… you need to keep something on your SAN.
Launchwhat?
“It’s not a fault, it’s an undocumented feature”
have they patented it!
to me it looks like a photoshop filter.
A bug that makes Launchpad unusable? You must mean installing Lion or Mountain Lion.
That’s rather lovely.
It’ll probably show up on Android devices in a few months time.