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Ok, so a significant sore spot for many Mac users seems to be the improvements needed in the Finder. It seems that people are posting one issue in one thread, another complaint in another, etc. This thread is a place for you to voice ALL of the problems/dislikes/wishes you would like to see addressed in 10.5 that pertain to the Finder. I'll start with some topics posted by both myself, and others throughout the forum. Feel free to add to or correct the list as you see needed, and be specific!
1. Resolution Independent UI 2. *(Native)* Spotlight functionality across networks 3. Burnable DVD folders 4. Quartz 2D Extreme enabled 5. Instant (see Firefox/Spotlight style) searching within a page on Safari 6. FTP and/or SFTP support 7. Folders retaining their display setting properties PS: "Stop the Finder from ever crashing again" isn't specific, and is also very unlikely to happen, try to keep this realistic... |
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*PWEET*! Brad! Get yer butt in here!
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Bastard.
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Stop the Finder?
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I want stickies that you can literally stick anwhere...
for example on a finder window, folder, inside a document etc. When you close the doc or window the stickes go away, when you open them up they re appear. Just like the real world. Cant see this being very difficult to implement. |
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Really, though, a lot of your items aren't exactly Finder-specific concerns any more than they are, say, iTunes-specific concerns or NetNewsWire-specific concerns. |
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Exactly. Those are general system enhancements, not Finder enhancements.
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Okay, you've opened a floodgate. Stand back...
The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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You scare me, Brad.
I want to give my mac a hug now... But you are right on everything that you said... How did these things get through? |
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This is a photograph of the current Finder development team: |
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Not sayin', just sayin'
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I hope they don't change the Finder. I want to see Brad's head asplode.
Oh, yeah, I want to see full content-meta-whatnot tagging with a good UI, file grouping a la Aperture's light box view and different ways to organize/filter column view. I want to be able to see content in any number of views within the same window arbitrarily chosen by the user, i.e., panes (one for columns, one for previews/groupings of all files, one with the file path, one with folder/file info, etc.). Last edited by BuonRotto : 2005-12-01 at 22:26. Reason: actual content added |
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I want that thing where I can create a new folder, move, copy, rename a file etc. in any file chooser dialog.
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Although that's not really related to the Finder, you can already create a new folder in any file save dialog. With the dialog expanded, there should usually be a New Folder button at the bottom. Even if there's not, I believe command-shift-n does the job for you.
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It's not that I specifically need to create new folders, I was talking about that functionality that I got used too whilst (formerly) doing my work on windows boxen
Please, no ? You don't have change the look of the file dialogs, hide it in a contextual menu or the menu bar. |
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Manipulating files inside a dialog box is stupid. I would like a button, though, that opens the current folder in the open/save box in a Finder window. That would be smart. |
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There is nothing wrong with every file chooser dialog allowing you to manipulate files. In fact if the functionality was present but hidden from you, how would it even effect you ? (rhetorical) |
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And... I even thought of an example that I commonly came across. I am working in a shared folder, where the documents are all the same type and the filename is a date (maintenance records in this case). I'm in charge of the maintenance for this particular piece of equipment and responsible for keeping orderly records but I don't always do the maintenance or the paperwork. So while saving my paperwork one day I notice that the last guy who did it saved the date with an all caps month which just bugs me, or they reversed the month and day. Why shouldn't I be able to just rename the file then and there when I see it and then continue with my work. I can do this on windows but not in OSX |
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replace file dialog needs more info
when i copy files and folders from one folder to another i want to be able to see filesize and file date of the files i am about to replace and the one i will replace it with......i hate having to cancel and then do ctrl click Get Info for the two files in question..... if you want to keep it simpler by default for most users you can, but give more advanced features for those of us that want it give a merge option for folders in addition to replace......i hate having to merge folders manually...... -set color label toolbar button would be nice..... kind of like choosing a color from a preset palette in many other programs.... column view..... allow an option to automatically set the column widths to the longest file name by default. (like option double clicking the dividers) how about an Auto-Hide the side-bar option..... i like the toolbar... the side bar wastes space most of the time..... have the option to set the side bar so it only shows the icons ALL OF THE TIME meta-data - ctrol-click gives the option "Add comment to all folder contents" someone said something about stickies in folders earlier..... how about a "New Stickie" option in addition to new folder option when you control click...... it automatically makes a file with a yellow label that popups a stickie note with single click and hides with single click ..... it would have a title and content...the file name would be determined by the title...... in addition you can set other options like due date, this would automatically be linked to your iCal..... this can also be added to files instead of folders in column view in the rightmost column with file info.... you can then have a smart folder containing all your stickies and giving you ability to jump straight to the folder or file from that smart folder ability to view MP3 tags in the preview column... currently i use the MP3 Contextual Menu add-on but it is not the best solution... ability to duplicate the menu bar on additional screens so you don't have to mouse over to the other screen ability to automatically tile finder windows like in the operating system whose name we shall not speak......cascade would be nice as well the width of the label column in list view need only be as width as the widest label (Orange/Purple) when i have the "View options" open and i have All windows selected and i resize column in list view (like date modified for example) don't make it switch to This Window Only, instead modify the width of it for All Windows if my system clock is set to the 24hr clock all the file info in list view should be on the 24 hr clock for date modified/created ability to abbreviate months to 3 letters in "date modified/created" in list view.... just like the weekday is abbreviated in the menu bar (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) basically i want to get the most out of the viewing window for list view.... on my 12 inch powerbook, screen real estate is valuable. ability to change finder text color...... for example.... if you change the desktop to white..... the text labels are white too and you can only read it with difficulty because of the drop shadows...... another example.... in icon view if you set the background to black the names become unreadable because they are black too. that's all i can think of before i have to go |
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Have a look at my finder mockup in this thread, it doesn't cover everything but its an improvement.
http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...&page=19&pp=30 |
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