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Originally Posted by mhuie
Every person has their own method of organization. The computer can "try" to read your mind, but all it can do is *help* you find things, it's…
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Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker
I wish there was a way to store often used windows but NOT in the dock. If windows on the desktop could turn into small ic…
There will always be a need for people to visually navigate to files and folders. The Finder - i.e., an app dedicated to visual and hierarchical file navigation on OS X - is never …
Perhaps I'm in the minority but 10.5 is so far off in the future, I'm not even thinking about it. being so much time between now and the release any GUI design is bound to be chan…
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Originally Posted by mhuie
Every person has their own method of organization. The computer can "try" to read your mind, but all it can do is *help* you find things, it's…
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…
What do you think? I haven't played Myst since the first one but it utilized a simple interface. They would have to simplify movement and 'hot link' on screen items so they coul…
A possibility, but Apple hasn't shown a lot of interest in developing games for the iPod, and I think they might be worried about releasing something like you describe, for fear of…
The reason I brought up Myst is that it appealed to many non-gamers. I don't think it dilutes things anymore than having Solitare or Breakout built-in. Like video it would simply…