We know On June 6, at WWDC 2011, it was announced that the official release for Lion would be in July 2011 and that, unlike previous versions, which were released on a set of CD-ROMs or a DVD-ROM, Lion would only be available as a download from the Mac App Store for US$29.99. The only prior version of OS X that supports the Mac App Store is Snow Leopard, implying that any machines that support Lion currently running Tiger or Leopard will first have to be upgraded to Snow Leopard, as opposed to allowing a direct upgrade to Lion. The Server portion of Lion will be available as a separate download from the Mac App Store for US$49.99.
Features that we can expect :
Multi-touch gestures:
An input system already existed in iPhone and iPad.
Inverted scrolling. As you'd imagine, slightly tricky to get used to, but makes a lot of sense 15 minutes in. The mental switch has already happened and Snow Leopard now feels wrong.
Full screen applications
Expand any application so that it fills the screen - meaning no distraction from others.
Mission control
This brings together full-screen apps, Dashboard, Exposé, and Spaces in a new feature that gives you a bird's-eye view of everything on your system.
New Mac app store
Already available but it is Now more closely integrated into the system, and becoming a major source of apps for download. You can still get apps by downloading from the web, though.
Launchpad
Launchpad is a new, full-screen home for all the apps on your machine, brought up by clicking an icon in the Dock: open windows fade away, to be replaced by a full-screen display of all your apps.
Resume
A feature that start the machine back at exactly the same place that you turned it off - preserving the state of the documents.
Autosave and Versions
Using this feature documents created by certain apps will be saved automatically at set periods. You can revert to an earlier version or compare it.
Airdrop
Airdrop is a on-the-fly peer-to-peer wireless networking between any two Macs.
Developer viewpoint: "Have been unable to test this yet."
Mail has been redesigned with a three-pane interface borrowed from the iPad. Also has enhanced search and conversation threading.
Bye bye scroll bars
Bye bye scroll bars is a radical change to the interface. (You can also resize windows from any part of the side, as Windows has offered for years.)
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