As someone who did use Spaces quite a lot for separating different projects/tools, I'm a little sad about Mission Control. I agree with the new unified direction, but the functionality is a step backwards. You can't rearrange desktops anymore, which completely cripples it for me.
The nicest thing about Spaces was that I could use my spatial memory to keep track of my applications, ie "oh, yes, that editor window is to the left of this other one, and the browser is underneath". Unfortunately, now it's more like "which tiny black editor window is the one I want? I can't see from the expose view, time to swipe like mad until I find it".
I'm sure they'll fix it in a future update, but right now it does, unfortunately, suck. It's surprising, because the fix seems so simple - the old Spaces let you rearrange desktops by dragging, so it's not like the interface metaphor isn't figured out. The OS can rearrange them for you, so the backend must support it. Maybe they just ran out of time.
The nicest thing about Spaces was that I could use my spatial memory to keep track of my applications, ie "oh, yes, that editor window is to the left of this other one, and the browser is underneath". Unfortunately, now it's more like "which tiny black editor window is the one I want? I can't see from the expose view, time to swipe like mad until I find it".
I'm sure they'll fix it in a future update, but right now it does, unfortunately, suck. It's surprising, because the fix seems so simple - the old Spaces let you rearrange desktops by dragging, so it's not like the interface metaphor isn't figured out. The OS can rearrange them for you, so the backend must support it. Maybe they just ran out of time.