No justification going on here at all.
Oh.. just a Weeeeeeeeee bit. ;D
Of course I'd like to have the ability to cut directly in Finder. However, I never did find it necessary, even in Windows, to be able to resize a window from any edge. It just never occurred to me.
Ya wanna know why it never occurred to you? Because it always came naturally and you never had to think about it. Apple wouldn't be making this change unless they thought it was logical, too. Of course, their reasoning for it must also fit into whatever else they're doing with the GUI refinements and such.
The point is that it's all a matter of point of view. Some things you might consider really basic might not be as important to others.
Ah, glad you said this. Because you're right.. but this has never mattered to Apple or its users as far as I can tell. When Apple feels it's time to change something, or that something must be different, they do so without the consent of their user base.
They also do so knowing that people can and will adjust their "point of view" in order to maintain the position that Apple suits their workflow and personality best, even if it means having to compromise the efficiency of said workflow. After all, you CAN NOT deny that Apple isn't able to represent every user mentality type in its camp. To think otherwise would be admitting that we're robots, and that is just silly as you know.
I don't see how this annoyance should become a major problem.
There's that apologist mentality I was talking about. Interesting that you'd call it an "annoyance" rather than just say something like "something new to learn and a new way to do something". Because sometimes, it's just a matter of something working better than something else. And that's mostly why we all use OS X here, because we feel it works better than Windows.
But that doesn't mean every little thing about it works better, and that's ok to admit. There's a difference between adjusting yourself in order to maintain workflow efficiency, and knowing what works best for you right off the bat. I maintain that it's not JUST a matter of getting used to something, either, because if it was, I'd be just fine with spring loaded folders and cmd+drag/drop. I do it all the time, and I AM used to it. Yet I still recognize that it's nowhere near as efficient as it could be.
I think it's better to understand this than to say you'd rather give up your Mac just because it isn't working like another operating system, whatever the reason is.
Who ever said they were giving up their Mac!? There's only ONE thing that could make me give up my Mac, and I really hope Apple isn't dumb enough to go down this road... With all this talk of application devs making sure that their software keeps up with Lion's new memory/energy saving protocols and such, I fear the worst for vendors who can't comply. Though, in all reality I guess the things I worry about shouldn't affect me, since programs I use such as Lightroom are less processor and RAM intensive than its Aperture counterpart. CS 5 is another story, but it's the most used application suite on OS X for today's graphic/media/web artist etc..
I'm very curious to see how Lion will play out. I just hope that the price of SSD's will be taking a big dive sometime this year.
Doug