First Mac OS X Lion features may bring iOS-style scrolling
updated 08:50 pm EDT, Mon October 18, 2010
Lion may have iOS scroll, Quick Look in Spotlight
Apple's Mac OS X Lion teaser on Wednesday could see it merge a handful of iOS interface elements if a news tip is an indicator. The software would still behave much like Mac OS X but would replace Aqua-style scroll bars with a more minimal scroll bars with an "elastic" bounce at either end. MacStories also understood that app tricks like Twitter's pull-to-refresh would be usable but still fit into the Mac OS X context.
Quick Look would get an extra role. The instant preview would get a "popover" in Spotlight search that would provide more information about a file just by hovering over results. The regular Quick Look interface would switch from its current translucent black to white as part of another design.
Apple has long been speculated to be integrating elements of iOS into its desktop software, but the details if borne out on Wednesday would allude to a conservative use rather than signs of any near-term plans for touchscreen Macs.
