Stacks updated in 10.5.2

Malcster · 07:51 AM

Ran across this article on digg, looks like some changes for Stacks in 10.5.2.

list view for a start!

http://macenstein.com/default/archives/983

edit: sorry if already raised, obviously didn't search hard enough

Taylor C · Dec 20, 2007, 07:46 AM

This is already being discussed in the news thread, but I'll restate that I'll be so incredibly happy if this turns out to be true.

lofight · Dec 20, 2007, 07:51 AM

looks promising, this was something apple really needs to do..

JFreak · Dec 20, 2007, 08:01 AM

Lovely! I hated how the Dock was practically unusable without being able to simply drag Applications folder into the dock for easy access. Stacks as 10.5.0-10.5.1 simply wasn't good enough for me.

Brianstorm91 · Dec 20, 2007, 08:04 AM

That's a resounding "yey".

JSchwage · Dec 20, 2007, 08:08 AM

Finally! I've been wanting the old list view since I upgraded to Leopard. I love how Apple listens to their customers.

Malcster · Dec 20, 2007, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JFreak

Lovely! I hated how the Dock was practically unusable without being able to simply drag Applications folder into the dock for easy access. Stacks as 10.5.0-10.5.1 simply wasn't good enough for me.

completely agree, this might actually get me to use them.

Phil A. · Dec 20, 2007, 08:23 AM

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3B48b Safari/419.3)

the list option was in the resources for 10.5.0 but wasn't wired up. Seems like something they always planned to do but didn't get finished

unity · Dec 20, 2007, 09:02 AM

Or they had as a back-up plan...

sunfast · Dec 20, 2007, 09:24 AM

This is great news - my favourite way to launch apps on tiger is back!

splashtech · Dec 20, 2007, 09:27 AM

Wooooohooo!

Quote:

According to the source, “you can display it as a stack or an icon so you know what you’re looking at. ... Grid view looks bit better as well.”

Thank god! That annoying mess of pixels which is the "stack" icon was one of my main complaints. I cant wait for this!

And I'm glad they've tidied up the grid view too... the little pointy bit on the bottom looks a bit off at the moment. Looking at the screenshot, it looks way better.

Just for the record, let me restate: wooooohooooo.

Techguy172 · Dec 20, 2007, 09:38 AM

This would be quite nice!

Brianstorm91 · Dec 20, 2007, 10:05 AM

I like how we're celebrating about something which we should have had months ago.
It's like thanking someone for a chocolate bar which they stole from you 3 months ago

freeny · Dec 20, 2007, 10:25 AM

Thank God!
That was my biggest complaint about Leopard.

Now if they would just put back the audio function for movie previews in the columns view...

Eraserhead · Dec 20, 2007, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianstorm91

I like how we're celebrating about something which we should have had months ago.

The bug wasn't reported to Apple until the end of November, given that they've been very quick at fixing it.

Small White Car · Dec 20, 2007, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eraserhead

The bug wasn't reported to Apple until the end of November, given that they've been very quick at fixing it.

Bug??

No, a bug would be if they said it was there and it didn't work. This was a feature they decided to take out of the OS. That's not a bug. It was a bad choice. Totally different.

slicecom · Dec 20, 2007, 10:32 AM

If this is true, then I'll be so happy!

Eraserhead · Dec 20, 2007, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Small White Car

No, a bug would be if they said it was there and it didn't work. This was a feature they decided to take out of the OS. That's not a bug. It was a bad choice. Totally different.

Regardless its an issue that you would submit via the bug reporter, which wasn't done until the end of November. Otherwise Apple could fairly assume it wasn't a major issue for people

.

RichP · Dec 20, 2007, 10:35 AM

Awesome. Best update to Leopard yet. I like the ideas of stacks in concept, but I hate the fact that the folders I had in the dock had to be stacks.. doesn't work well for an applications of documents folder where there are a lot of files.

(an interim solution is to make an alias folder and put that in the dock)

sishaw · Dec 20, 2007, 10:37 AM

The stacks feature might actually be useful for those of us with <sarcasm>more than 6 files in a folder</sarcasm>... visions of a clean desktop dancing in my head!

neoserver · Dec 20, 2007, 10:37 AM

GREAT! I agree with others, stacks does not work with the applications folder or the documents folder very well. I can't wait to turn those back into lists once again. In my opinion, the only place a stack works well is the Downloads folder.

gloss · Dec 20, 2007, 10:39 AM

Yay. This makes me happy. One of the (few) things I missed most from Tiger.

Wild-Bill · Dec 20, 2007, 10:39 AM

Let's hope that stacks isn't the ONLY thing they are updating.

Mail needs some SERIOUS work.

Hemingray · Dec 20, 2007, 10:40 AM

T H A N K G O D.

My two biggest Leopard pet peaves have been squashed!

I don't think I've eagerly anticipated a point update this much ever...

maverick808 · Dec 20, 2007, 10:40 AM

Can anyone post a changelog for 10.5.2?

Dec 20, 2007, 07:35 AM	#1
Malcster macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bristol, UK	Stacks updated in 10.5.2 Ran across this article on digg, looks like some changes for Stacks in 10.5.2. list view for a start! http://macenstein.com/default/archives/983 edit: sorry if already raised, obviously didn't search hard enough Last edited by Malcster : Dec 20, 2007 at 07:51 AM.

Dec 20, 2007, 07:46 AM	#2
Taylor C macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2007	This is already being discussed in the news thread, but I'll restate that I'll be so incredibly happy if this turns out to be true. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320GB 7200 RPM HD; 24" LED Cinema Display; 32GB iPhone 3G S; 16GB iPhone 3G, 8/16GB iPhone

Dec 20, 2007, 07:51 AM	#3
lofight macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Antwerp, Belgium	looks promising, this was something apple really needs to do.. __________________ 17" iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GHz, 1GB RAM, 149.05 GB HD ; 4GB iPod nano 2nd gen blue

Dec 20, 2007, 08:01 AM	#4
JFreak macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland	Lovely! I hated how the Dock was practically unusable without being able to simply drag Applications folder into the dock for easy access. Stacks as 10.5.0-10.5.1 simply wasn't good enough for me. __________________ what we do in life, echoes in eternity.

Dec 20, 2007, 08:04 AM	#5
Brianstorm91 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hampshire, England.	That's a resounding "yey". __________________ 12.1" PowerBook G4; 23" Apple Cinema Display; 40GB Playstation 3; 16GB iPod Touch

Dec 20, 2007, 08:08 AM	#6
JSchwage macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester, NY	Finally! I've been wanting the old list view since I upgraded to Leopard. I love how Apple listens to their customers. __________________ Tech Lobby - The place wherein I write hardware reviews MacBook / 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo / 2 GB RAM

Dec 20, 2007, 08:23 AM	#8
Phil A. macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Telford, UK	Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/3B48b Safari/419.3) the list option was in the resources for 10.5.0 but wasn't wired up. Seems like something they always planned to do but didn't get finished __________________ MacBook Pro 2.93Ghz, 4GB \| 24" LED ACD \| iPhone 3GS 32GB Black \| ATV 160GB

Dec 20, 2007, 09:02 AM	#9
unity macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Green Bay, WI	Or they had as a back-up plan...

Dec 20, 2007, 09:24 AM	#10
sunfast macrumors 68020 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London	This is great news - my favourite way to launch apps on tiger is back! __________________ 762

Dec 20, 2007, 09:38 AM	#12
Techguy172 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario Canada	This would be quite nice! __________________ Macbook 2.2 4GB 320GB 7200 Sony DSLR-A200 Follow Me On Twitter

Dec 20, 2007, 10:05 AM	#13
Brianstorm91 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hampshire, England.	I like how we're celebrating about something which we should have had months ago. It's like thanking someone for a chocolate bar which they stole from you 3 months ago __________________ 12.1" PowerBook G4; 23" Apple Cinema Display; 40GB Playstation 3; 16GB iPod Touch

Dec 20, 2007, 10:25 AM	#14
freeny macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Location: Location:	Thank God! That was my biggest complaint about Leopard. Now if they would just put back the audio function for movie previews in the columns view...

Dec 20, 2007, 10:32 AM	#17
slicecom macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada	If this is true, then I'll be so happy!

Dec 20, 2007, 10:35 AM	#19
RichP macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Motor City	Awesome. Best update to Leopard yet. I like the ideas of stacks in concept, but I hate the fact that the folders I had in the dock had to be stacks.. doesn't work well for an applications of documents folder where there are a lot of files. (an interim solution is to make an alias folder and put that in the dock) __________________ "My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant" – Elvis Costello

Dec 20, 2007, 10:37 AM	#20
sishaw macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2005	Well, good! The stacks feature might actually be useful for those of us with <sarcasm>more than 6 files in a folder</sarcasm>... visions of a clean desktop dancing in my head!

Dec 20, 2007, 10:37 AM	#21
neoserver macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: AB, Canada	GREAT! I agree with others, stacks does not work with the applications folder or the documents folder very well. I can't wait to turn those back into lists once again. In my opinion, the only place a stack works well is the Downloads folder. __________________ A Step in the wrong direction.

Dec 20, 2007, 10:39 AM	#22
gloss macrumors 68040 Join Date: May 2006 Location: around/about	Yay. This makes me happy. One of the (few) things I missed most from Tiger. __________________ 'cuz we do what we've gotta do real well, and we've got the fever to tell.

Dec 20, 2007, 10:39 AM	#23
Wild-Bill macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in the cloud	Let's hope that stacks isn't the ONLY thing they are updating. Mail needs some SERIOUS work. __________________ Mac Pro Octo 2.8 \| 8800GT \| 14GB RAM \| 3.5 TB MacBook Air Rev. C 2.13 \| 128 SSD 12" PowerBook G4 \| ATV Take 2 \| iPhone 3Gs 16 gig

Dec 20, 2007, 10:40 AM	#24
Hemingray macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ha ha haaa!	T H A N K G O D. My two biggest Leopard pet peaves have been squashed! I don't think I've eagerly anticipated a point update this much ever...

Dec 20, 2007, 10:40 AM	#25
maverick808 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Scotland	Can anyone post a changelog for 10.5.2?

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