Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #31
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 …
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Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #32
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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #33
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #34
Check out macosxrumors.com. They say a few things on what to expect for Leopard. Enjoy.
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #35
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,…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #36
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #37
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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 …
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #38
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #39
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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 …
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #40
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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,…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #41
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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 …
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #42
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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #43
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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 …
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #44
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #45
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #46
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #47
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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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #48
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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 …
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #49
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…
Will Apple BLOW OUR MINDS with 10.5's interface? — #50
Search is worthless if you don't already know what you're looking for. There will always be a need for visual browsing of file hierarchies.
Restoring my 3rd gen iPod (it may be hosed) — #1
Hi there!
(curse the MacNN hamster)
I have this problem with my 3rd gen iPod, when I updated the software the ipod seems to have lost all the songs that were on it. I was wonderi…
Restoring my 3rd gen iPod (it may be hosed) — #2
Oh and the other thread was hosed by the forum error thing. Sorry about that. Ignore it. It wasn't that good to begin with anyway
cheers
W-Y
Restoring my 3rd gen iPod (it may be hosed) — #3
Anyone experienced anything similar?
*shameless bump*
cheers
W-Y
Myst style games on 5th gen iPod — #1
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…
Myst style games on 5th gen iPod — #2
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…