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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…
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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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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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…
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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…
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
Hey, I'm just curious a…
One thing I don't understand (off topic). There is no keyboard command to make a new Folder in Windows... yet to delete any file or files is ONE KEY. The only ways to make folders …
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Originally Posted by markwm
It's not as if the Finder is something the OS X can be proud of, let's be honest.
hah. no doubt. When I first used a mac the first thin…