Sounds to me as if you're looking for a purist solution on ideological rather than practical grounds. One way of cleaning things up might be using MenuShade to hide the menu bar, h…

Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the active application has COMPLETE display o…

One thing I wish the switchers would get is the Mac OS is not Windows. Don't expect it to behave like Windows. Honestly, if you miss the Windows experience that much, maybe you're …

Quote: Originally Posted by gulmatan Nope! The menubar is not the problem. I'm okay with the menubar. My need is to isolate the entire remainder of the screen such that the a…

One thing I always use in Windows is the right-click New Document. For those of you not versed in the hell that is Windows, this is actually quite handy Basically, right-clickin…

Or new document: modifier-key while drag proxy icon from dock app icon to the location you want it. Afaic, the dock is a failure anyway, so I don't see how this would make things w…

I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php

Quote: Originally Posted by techtrucker I've never tried it but had stumbled across this a while back: http://www.growlichat.com/NuFile.php Wow that program works great,t…

Quote: Originally Posted by jjlannoo Wow that program works great,thanks I use the same program, it's good. I set it like Windows though, so the app doesn't open as soon a…

Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is?

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeybrain Can I ask what the point of creating an empty file is? Lets say you have a finder window already open and you want to create a file …

I can appreciate it's usefulness, I may download it and give it a spin. Glad I recalled the name!

You could always use the CLI (Terminal.app) to create a new empty file, but that's probably even more tedious that opening the application, New file, save as. Eg, touch Desktop/b…

Quote: Originally Posted by markwm Lets say you have a finder window already open and you want to create a file right there, right clicking > new file is a whole lot easier t…

Quote: Originally Posted by JKT That doesn't tell anyone why it is remotely useful to create an empty file... I'm completely bemused - what is the actual point of creating an em…

I can't really see the point in it myself, but I guess for some people it's too much effort to: - open application - new file command - save as command - enter name as opposed to …

Apple-N ?

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika Apple-N ? In the Finder, that's a new folder (not a new file). In other applications, it doesn't create a file on disk, nor does it g…

Kaaaaaching, exactly what I wanted. Thanks macnn! Rob

Quote: Originally Posted by Brass In the Finder, that's a new folder (not a new file). No. Apple-N opens a new window, in every application, including the Finder. In appli…

Quote: Originally Posted by Brass I can't really see the point in it myself, but I guess for some people it's too much effort to: - open application - new file command - save as…

You do know that when you Save a document from a Mac application, and you already have the target folder open in the Finder, you can simply drag that folder to the "Save..." dialog…

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika You do know that when you Save a document from a Mac application, and you already have the target folder open in the Finder, you can simply…

Quote: Originally Posted by markwm Maybe this screenshot will enlighten you :-) That's only a very small selection of possible document types. What decides which applicat…

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…