Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #21
I use the right click new on my pc at work from time to time. I use it create new folders but shift cmd-n does the same thing for the mac. To be honest, I don't really miss it on…
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Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #22
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Originally Posted by analogika
That's only a very small selection of possible document types. What decides which application gets to create a new document via that contex…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #23
You could build a system of templates yourself and put them on the desktop ( / in a folder).
Each time you want to create for instance a new text document, alt-drag your "New Text …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #24
Just wanna say.... there is an obvious OS X problem to having a right click > new file menu.
In column view especially, when a folder is packed with files and scrollable, you'…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #25
Couldn't you use Automator to add context-menus for creating empty files? Personally I haven't written many Automator workflows; but this should be do able.
Then again I don't see…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #26
Having a New File... like that is a way to avoid the Open/Save dialog boxes - navigating the file system in the Finder is bad enough for many people, so they want to avoid those ug…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #27
Analogika, next time maybe you should look at the URL for the program in question all your answers can be found in the two screenshots that are immediatedly visible on the webpage…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #28
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Originally Posted by P
Having a New File... like that is a way to avoid the Open/Save dialog boxes - navigating the file system in the Finder is bad enough for many peopl…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #29
I think you should be able to drag a new file's proxy icon into a position in the Finder to save it there. That would be a cool feature.
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #30
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I think you should be able to drag a new file's proxy icon into a position in the Finder to save it there. That would be a cool feature.
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Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #31
Metaphorically a proxy icon equals an actual document icon in (almost) every way – I'd like to see proxy icons in a more central role of the file/folder metaphor.
I'd also like to…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #32
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Originally Posted by P
As for the Command-shift-N for New Folder... that is wrong on several levels. First, if they had to use Command-N for New Window (which I disagree …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #33
really hated that on windows, especially when inconsequential programs thought they deserved a place in it.
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #34
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
(option and shift) Where are you getting this from? Empty Trash is the opposite of throwing a file away? Save As is the opposite of Save? Mak…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #35
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Originally Posted by cla
I'd also like to give P a for his post (apart from the perhaps a context menu to "Save from app <list of all open apps> here". A primary …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #36
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Originally Posted by JKT
That would be highly impractical - what if you have several files open in the same app at once?
Wrt to the New File menu thing - how does it wor…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #37
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Originally Posted by analogika
No. Apple-N opens a new window, in every application, including the Finder.
In applications that deal with content creation, this means a …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #38
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Originally Posted by markwm
Just wanna say.... there is an obvious OS X problem to having a right click > new file menu.
In column view especially, when a folder is …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #39
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Originally Posted by analogika
That's only a very small selection of possible document types. What decides which application gets to create a new document via that contex…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #40
i have a windows pc at home and use my ibook every day...i dont miss the right click one bit. and as far as the new document menu in windows, i think i've used it like 3 times sin…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #41
amazing how many people will fight the concept of this because its something windows natively has and osx does not.
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #42
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Originally Posted by P
Hey, I'm trying to be creative here!
Sorry, my fault - didn't catch you're from Västkusten.. :>
Seriously, I think it's an interesting i…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #43
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Originally Posted by meelk
amazing how many people will fight the concept of this because its something windows natively has and osx does not.
I work on a site that …
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #44
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I think you should be able to drag a new file's proxy icon into a position in the Finder to save it there. That would be a cool feature.
…
Anyone miss right-click "new"... from Windows? — #45
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Originally Posted by meelk
amazing how many people will fight the concept of this because its something windows natively has and osx does not.
Which thread have YOU …