Article: Stacks Stands Out as Unpopular Leopard Feature; Some users aren't happy about Leopard's new Stacks.

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Though few users will likely take note of a majority of the 300 listed new features in Apple's Leopard edition of the OS X operating system, there's one interface change that's drawn the ire of some long-time Mac users who say it is a step backward.

Stacks, which change the behavior of folders parked in OS X's Dock, are drawing the ire of long-time Mac users.

Not that this has taken the shine off of Leopard. Apple has sold more than two million copies of it in the last week, outpacing sales of earlier versions of Mac OS X.

But in those previous versions, users could place a folder in the Dock; a click-and-hold or a control-click would pop up a list of the folder's content and allow a ...

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