OS X Lion: the little things

I’ve been using OS X Lion for a few days now, and apart from the obvious new features that were advertised by Apple or that are mentioned in every review, there’s a plethora of little things that are new or have changed. I want to highlight a few of those here, in no particular order.

The grey Apple logo now remains on screen during the entire boot sequence and also got a subtle emboss to it. Also, no more blue while booting.
It usually takes my iMac a few seconds after I hit Cmd+Opt+Eject to fall asleep. That hasn’t changed, but what has changed is that it now immediately turns off the display. The extra visual feedback it provides is nice.
The grey top area of windows now has a very subtle grainy texture to it.
The bottom corners of windows are now rounded.
Quick Look now also works on stacks in the Dock. Simply hover over any item and hit space.
Speaking of Quick Look, it now uses a light grey window instead of the HUD display. Also, click and hold or right-click the Open with [Application] button to open the file with a different application.
Right-click a file → Open with → App Store... to search the App Store for compatible applications.
The huge 512×512 pixels icons introduced in OS X Leopard are apparently still not huge enough. Some apps, including Launchpad and App Store, now have icons measuring 1024×1024 pixels.
Almost everything is now 64 bits, including the kernel and even iTunes.
The Special Characters applet got a face lift.
The dictionary popup also received a face lift.
DigitalColor Meter no longer displays hexadecimal values, which kinda sucks.
No more Front Row.
Safari’s content area can be resized horizontally even in full screen mode.
Safari now has WebGL support and a “Do Not Track” feature, but they’re apparently still in beta. Both options are located in the Develop menu and off by default.

There’s probably much, much more I haven’t discovered yet. Apple seems to have touched everything in this release.