Snow Leopard to Provide Icon-Level Previews

MacRumors · Jul 21, 2008, 01:29 PM

AppleInsider reports that the preview version of Snow Leopard provides users with a quick way to review audio files within Finder:

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One person familiar with the pre-release software notes that hovering the mouse pointer over an audio file in Snow Leopard's Finder will trigger a triangular 'play' button to appear on the icon itself. Clicking the button will allow the audio file to play within the Finder, but without opening a specialized preview window.

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NotFound · Jul 21, 2008, 01:31 PM

That's quite a delicious tweak.

mogzieee · Jul 21, 2008, 01:32 PM

Thats pretty neat. Cannot wait to try that out.

Sky Blue · Jul 21, 2008, 01:37 PM

pretty nice. I like the Quick Look preview in 10.5 with the album art.

iMacmatician · Jul 21, 2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewxps

That's quite a delicious tweak.

So much for "no new features."

Not that I'm complaining of course.

iMacmatician · 01:33 PM

WOW!

That's seriously amazing. I hope Snow Leopard's Finder will be able to support icon sizes up to 512 pixels (up from Leopard's 128) to better make use of this.

I was hoping for Skimming support though.

I think this should be on the front page.

kungming2 · Jul 21, 2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by iMacmatician

WOW!

That's seriously amazing. I hope Snow Leopard's Finder will be able to support icon sizes up to 512 pixels (up from Leopard's 128) to better make use of this.

I was hoping for Skimming support though.

I think this should be on the front page.

Leopard already supports up to 512 px. Tiger supported up to 128 px.

lazyrighteye · Jul 21, 2008, 01:41 PM

The advancement of Finder-level functionality has been one of my favorite aspects of Leopard. This development only furthers said functionality.
Neat!

noodle654 · Jul 21, 2008, 01:43 PM

Thats pretty sweet. Great idea.

iMacmatician · Jul 21, 2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lazyrighteye

The advancement of Finder-level functionality has been one of my favorite aspects of Leopard. This development only furthers said functionality.
Neat!

And people say that Apple's neglecting the Finder...

fuziwuzi · Jul 21, 2008, 01:45 PM

but in leopard, if u "quicklook" (spacebar) on a mp3 it will play it. i don't see why this is so exciting

iMacmatician · 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by fuziwuzi

but in leopard, if u "quicklook" (spacebar) on a mp3 it will play it. i don't see why this is so exciting

There's a Quick Look window that opens. Snow Leopard will play files directly from the icon. Also if you switch applications the file still plays, unlike with Leopard.

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Originally Posted by kungming2

Leopard already supports up to 512 px. Tiger supported up to 128 px.

The Finder doesn't. The "View Options" mini-window still has a 128-pixel limit.

Beric · Jul 21, 2008, 01:49 PM

Wow. Is this sweet or what?

Full of Win · Jul 21, 2008, 01:52 PM

How about folder previews on the icon level?

krye · Jul 21, 2008, 01:50 PM

That's really cool, but Linux had had that for like 4 years now. It's so funny how new features are added to OS X, and all the fan boys jump up and down as if Apple came out with this cool new feature when the rest of the world has had it for years.

Peace · Jul 21, 2008, 01:53 PM

I'm sure the finder will get more tweaks as it inches towards Cocoa.

Fabio_gsilva · Jul 21, 2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by krye

That's really cool, but Linux had had that for like 4 years now. It's so funny how new features are added to OS X, and all the fan boys jump up and down as if Apple came out with this cool new feature when the rest of the world has had it for years.

Yep, if by "the rest of the world" you mean only a bunch of people...

Unfortunately, nobody uses Linux.

lazyrighteye · Jul 21, 2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by krye

That's really cool, but Linux had had that for like 4 years now. It's so funny how new features are added to OS X, and all the fan boys jump up and down as if Apple came out with this cool new feature when the rest of the world has had it for years.

Funnier than referring to Linux as "the rest of the world?"

I don't use Linux.
I use OS X.
I'm not on a Linux forum.
I'm on a Mac forum.
Why on earth would I know, let alone care, about features of an OS I don't use?

kaiwai · Jul 26, 2008, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by krye

That's really cool, but Linux had had that for like 4 years now. It's so funny how new features are added to OS X, and all the fan boys jump up and down as if Apple came out with this cool new feature when the rest of the world has had it for years.

Not it has; previews based on hovering over the file only appeared in GNOME 2.22.x recently. So not, it hasn't bee a matter of '4 years'.

Please, take your trollage somewhere else.

thunderclap · Aug 19, 2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by krye

That's really cool, but Linux had had that for like 4 years now. It's so funny how new features are added to OS X, and all the fan boys jump up and down as if Apple came out with this cool new feature when the rest of the world has had it for years.

It's even more amusing when Windows fanboys jump up and down as if Microsoft came out with a cool new feature.

Microsoft steals from Apple who steals from Linux. No wonder Microsoft is years behind everyone else.

lazyrighteye · Jul 21, 2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by fuziwuzi

but in leopard, if u "quicklook" (spacebar) on a mp3 it will play it. i don't see why this is so exciting

Having not seen/used it, what I'm liking about the concept is less screen clutter.
Not that Quicklook is bad - I heart Quicklook. A lot. Very efficient.
This just sounds even cleaner/more efficient.

muldul · Jul 21, 2008, 02:13 PM

I so hope that is in snow leopard, wouldn't that count as a new feature though?

iMacmatician · Jul 21, 2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lazyrighteye

Having not seen/used it, what I'm liking about the concept is less screen clutter.
Not that Quicklook is bad - I heart Quicklook. A lot. Very efficient.
This just sounds even cleaner/more efficient.

Completely agreed.

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Originally Posted by muldul

I so hope that is in snow leopard, wouldn't that count as a new feature though?

That's what I was thinking.

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Originally Posted by Adisah

I just thought about it and if you think about it. They are laying the groundwork for multi-touch. Touch the center of the icon and the preview starts playing. Double tap to open the file.

And it would make sense that the preview would play in an icon instead of in a window, because icon previews are less clutter (so less hand/arm usage) than opening and closing a window, both for the iPhone / iPod touch / mini-tablet and a possible touchscreen Mac.

applefan69 · Jul 21, 2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by muldul

I so hope that is in snow leopard, wouldn't that count as a new feature though?

Apple never said Snow loepard wont provide ANY new features... its just not gonna be apples primary focus. In leopard apple was clearly trying to add features, from quick look, to spaces.

But when you think about it, this isnt even a new feature, its simply a tweak (or improvement) to a previous features. As we all know, snow leopards purpose is to tweak, and the improve the over all OS in as many ways as possible.

iMacmatician · Jul 21, 2008, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by applefan69

Apple never said Snow loepard wont provide ANY new features... its just not gonna be apples primary focus. In leopard apple was clearly trying to add features, from quick look, to spaces.

There was a slide saying "0 New Features" at WWDC.

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Originally Posted by interlard

Funny how nobody has notice that if this "feature" is present, you can no longer just click on the file to select it.

Selecting the file is more common that watching a movie the size of an icon or playing a song without having to laboriously hit that space bar (oh the strain!). I think I'll hope Apple keeps the former and drops the latter as a useless gimmick.

I think you have to select the arrow on the file to use icon Quick Look.

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