I still feel the old metaphor desktop suits the computer perfectly well. Then again, my system is organized similarly to my desktop. My hard drive is just like my filing cabinet,…
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Originally Posted by tooki
Anyone who thinks a search (no matter how good) can replace a file navigator is delusional. Visualizing what is on a disk or in a folder is a c…
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Originally Posted by SMacTech
tooki - this is so true. I have many files, with the same name, on the same disk. Spotlight is useless for me to find the ONE I want when I …
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Originally Posted by mpancha
The more I can get my computer to work just like my desk, the better for me.
Yes...there are a lot of people like you. And that's fine…
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Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!!
The tidy folks have got to realize that's it's possible to be tidy with both a metadata rich system and a static and hierarchical system …
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Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!!
No...*you're* silly for making such a claim...Spotlight isn't just a search tool.
If you do indeed have many files with the same name,…
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Originally Posted by SMacTech
Yes, as a developer, I have many backups of the same files, folder, source code, etc.
I tell them apart by their location. I use Spotlight …
Apple will have to do something radical to counter Vista. Not just another face to the windows or icons, I mean a totally different way of looking at the Finder. NOTHING about th…
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Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker
Apple will have to do something radical to counter Vista. Not just another face to the windows or icons, I mean a totally …
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Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!!
Imagine the Finder (or whatever app that may replace the Finder) handling the versioning of your code?
One file...all versions...modific…
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Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker
Apple will have to do something radical to counter Vista.
Simplicity and effectiveness. While Vista goes crazy with wid…
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Originally Posted by SMacTech
I can envision how this mystical application will work, and how it will obscure the file structure which lies underneath that the Finder now…
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Originally Posted by SMacTech
I can envision how this mystical application will work, and how it will obscure the file structure which lies underneath that the Finder now…
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Originally Posted by Horsepoo!!!
If you do indeed have many files with the same name, how do you tell them apart? Your answer was 'navigate to it'...if you've navigated …
Apple needs to put the FIND back in FINDer. Right now it is too much of a scavenger hunt. God help you if you are looking for some file someone created and you don't know the fil…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple Computer over the iPod nano's suceptibility to scratches. The Red Herring reports that Jason Tomczak has filed a class-action la…
...Jason Tomczak has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple Computer on behalf of all iPod nano owners, demanding that customers get their money back as well as a share of the …
The chrome on my car scratched when I use paper towels to clean it. Should I get a refund and part of the car manufacturer's profits on their other car sales?
What a moron. This…
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Originally Posted by mduell
After seeing the scratches on a nano that has been babied, these customers definately deserve their money back.
I agree it is a problem b…
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I agree it is a problem but not worth a lawsuit. I had my nano for 4 hours and held it like it was a treasure, no rings, no ot…
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Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I agree it is a problem but not worth a lawsuit. I had my nano for 4 hours and held it like it was a treasure, no rings, no ot…
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Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple Computer over the iPod nano's suceptibility to scratches. The Red Herri…
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Originally Posted by lookmark
Wow, is it really that fragile? What do "major scratches" mean? Is purely cosmetic, or does it interfere with seeing the display? Have al…