I honestly don't see why people are so upset. I think the way saving is implemented in MLion is fantastic. Instead of relying on old standards, the engineers are looking ahead of the time.
"Normal", non-tech people who aren't obsessed with technology, will find this feature amazing. Actually, let me correct myself - they won't notice this feature, and that's the key.
Save As was a hack, which worked for people who knew about it, but was a total clusterflack for normal users. Normal users rarely revert to old copies and if you really want a duplicate of a file, well, you can always have a "duplicate", which is an available feature.
Using the OSX in this way will be a more pleasant experience, going forward. I am not saying this because I love Apple's design, I am saying this because I've seen this countless times while helping my family with their computer issues.
> "Instead of relying on old standards, the engineers are looking ahead"
There's nothing wrong with new standards. This might in fact be an excellent way to do things.
The problem is giving new, completely different standards the same name as old standards. "Normal" non-tech people would be just fine with this feature if you named it something different like "save and duplicate" -- and tech people wouldn't be caught off guard by the system misusing common tech terminology to mean something totally different.
"Normal", non-tech people who aren't obsessed with technology, will find this feature amazing. Actually, let me correct myself - they won't notice this feature, and that's the key.
Save As was a hack, which worked for people who knew about it, but was a total clusterflack for normal users. Normal users rarely revert to old copies and if you really want a duplicate of a file, well, you can always have a "duplicate", which is an available feature.
Using the OSX in this way will be a more pleasant experience, going forward. I am not saying this because I love Apple's design, I am saying this because I've seen this countless times while helping my family with their computer issues.