FreeHand wasn't Intel which would have meant it stopped working with all the other PPC apps with Lion.

Oh, great. And right after the developers announced Perian wouldn't be updated anymore. They won't even commit to whether the upcoming final release will be compatible with Mountain Lion.

Apple hasn't made any real strides in the latest OS releases.... so why would any developer for that matter? All the focus apple has now is on iOS; MAC OSX is stagnant as we know it. 10.6 will live on as a legend. Developers should try a new platform like Linux, it needs more focus.... it will be the future of computing, IMO. Apple wants to be the gateway to all computing (READ: Data ... to become the Google replacement), they may even buy out future network bands and satellites; its getting cheaper to get your own satellite in space nowadays. Forcing Developers into terms and marketing schemes & introducing failed services (PING... etc.) is more than a hint, they want it all to themselves. The apple data pipeline wants to grow exponentially, and will ultimately compete with Facebook another time in the future.

I had to upgrade to Parallels 7, as version 6 no longer works with Mountain Lion.

Thanks for the funny!

I don't buy it. Developers should be on top of this if they're serious developers. Isn't that their job? Didn't they have months and months of warning. Gold master comes out - then shouldn't they be hard at it to ensure a smooth transition? IMHO if they're not serious enough to support the OS, then they shouldn't be in the game and I would seek alternatives.

Wow. Although I'm grateful to RoaringApps for the information, it's virtually impossible to read. Click to see just incompatible apps and the results are still spread across 32 pages: showing only ~5 on the first page. Type into the search box and it doesn't filter the list, it shows a list of search results from all the pages on the website. Does anyone know of an easier to read list with incompatible apps listed on 1 page? This would be very useful to track before I choose to upgrade to ML.

Originally Posted by DrSkywalker

I don't buy it. Developers should be on top of this if they're serious developers. Isn't that their job? Didn't they have months and months of warning. Gold master comes out - then shouldn't they be hard at it to ensure a smooth transition? IMHO if they're not serious enough to support the OS, then they shouldn't be in the game and I would seek alternatives.

Haha... thanks for the Friday laugh. Clearly you don't work in the software business.

Originally Posted by DrSkywalker

I don't buy it. Developers should be on top of this if they're serious developers. Isn't that their job? Didn't they have months and months of warning. Gold master comes out - then shouldn't they be hard at it to ensure a smooth transition? IMHO if they're not serious enough to support the OS, then they shouldn't be in the game and I would seek alternatives.

Yes, because developers have nothing at all better to do than anxiously await every OS seed from Apple, install it, and then test all their software. Because the one thing we know about software developers, they have nothing but free time. Plus, we all know Apple never does anything stupid or irritating and change things at the last minute. So they should have been getting things to work as of developer preview 1 and we'd all be happy now!

Then again, who are the idiots who are updating their machines to Mountain Lion without knowing if their software will be compatible? Then again, why would anyone upgrade to Mountain lion? (well, I guess if you're stuck with lion, it's supposed to be better...).

Originally Posted by NewsPoster

In the case of a truly critical machine where failure or delay costs a significant amount of time or money, MacNN recommends waiting at least a week to allow late developers to get their updates out, or not upgrading at all in the short term.

Um, why would anyone upgrade a critical machine at all? If it's critical, you use what's there, people. You don't take chances that an upgrade isn't going to break something. At best, you use a secondary machine and update that, then verify everything you do.

The golden master (final version) of Mountain Lion was made available to developers only two weeks ago, which with some companies didn't allow for sufficient pre-release testing on the retail-complete version of Mountain Lion.

Lame excuse. Two weeks is plenty of time! It isn't like it's the middle of summer vacation season or anything!

Prior OS upgrades have a history of catching some developers and users off-guard in terms of unforeseen compatibility issues

Oh please, that's a lame excuse! We all know developers AND users should be well aware of what Apple is doing and what their plans are and be prepared well in advance!

Testudo, another direct hit to these sheeple!.... Others can drink apple's koolaid and feel like Apple is always right

Grendelmon, I don't ever want to tear anyone down, but clearly, you can't see past ur nose...

Didn't we used to ban trolls around these parts?

I see Trolltudo has invented another sock puppet ... I mean, "friend" ... yawn.

Yeah, I'm sure the second half of 2012 will finally be the year of Linux. Of course it will.

Oh...testudo and the blahblahbber are the same person?

And I thought the half a brain wasn't enough for a single person — now two posters have to share it!?