mezo said:I would agree that expose and dashboard need to be improved. it seems like there are too many bugs in the dashboard. but maybe thats just my mac.
Read my post #25 (before yours!) for some ideas for Expose.AvSRoCkCO1067 said:I understand Dashboard...but how would you improve Expose?
ahunter3 said:My own list:
1) Ditch spring-loaded folders in favor of PopupFolder functionality (when you drag a file onto a volume or folder it should pop out a menu showing all contents with the folders behaving like a hierarchical menu; drag onto one of them and its contents pops up and so on. Release and in drops the file).
2) Apple should buy DefaultFolder from St. Clair Software and extend it somewhat, to fix the crippled Open/Save/Save As dialog boxes. You should be able to delete, move, rename, get file type & creator code, finder label, finder comments, and previews of any file in the current folder; Command-clicking the foldername should not only let you slide up the hierarchy, you should also get a popup to the side showing the full contents of any folder in the hierarchy, and be able thereby to navigate not only up-hierarchy but to the side and back down a different path in a single click.
3) Return optional legacy AppleTalk networking. The real deal, backwards-compatible to System 6. And fix SMB, get it faster, get it to quit depositing Finderturds (._DS_Store, etc) inside PC volumes unless they can be made invisible to the PC OS. And include optional legacy PC networking (NetBEUI, pre-Active Directory NetBIOS, etc).
4) Give the option of "placing" the Dock in the main menubar as a Dock menu item (a hierarchical menu of course). Also the option of not only hiding the Dock but turning off auto-reveal on mouseover (so you have to specifically invoke the Dock to make it appear). And put a PrefsPane field to change keystroke ?-Tab to something else if desired, or disable it altogether.
5) A "Get Info" tab that's useful. Display permissions in all formats (rwxrwxrwx, 777, "you can read", etc), display size, creator code, type code, file-specific binding, finder comment, label, created & modified dates, "will open with", unix path, Mac path, lock flag, custom icon flag, and any other metadata associated with the file.
6) Fix the Finder window-refresh problem.
7) With the exception of column view, each folder should have a position and a native view; whenever opened, it should manifest itself at that size, shape, and view.
I agree, PathFinder is looking very promising, and I am considering getting it.khisayruou said:Path Finder, its everything Finder should be, just to name a few features...tabs, drop stack, built in ftp, and more viewing info for files.
I'd much rather the user just be given a choice when creating the administrator account--"Do you want to create another account for daily use?" I don't need or want additional accounts on my computer, and I love that OS X doesn't force me to create extra ones and then keep me from deleting them.ddrueckhammer said:7. A separate administrator account created by default (to help make the OS a little more secure
Check out Alarm Clock by Robbie Hansen. You can't get much more simple than this...just sits up in the menu bar and works perfectly (even wakes the computer from sleep).9. An iTunes alarm clock widget that will wake the computer and play a song from iTunes (I know there are ways of achieving this but it could be more elegant)
They'd never undertake the development/support issues themselves unless they planned on including TV tuners in Macs. Instead, I'd prefer an extensible Front Row that would allow EyeTV to add an icon to the "circle" for Television--with recordings being integrated into the Video section.10. A TV and DVR app (probably won't happen but I can dream) added to Front-Row
You can already. Just enable systemwide spell checking.13. The ability to replace text in text-edit, pages etc from the system dictionary/thesaurus and widget (without copy and paste).
This isn't an OS X feature--it's a feature for the driver software of third-party sound cards which allow the use of PC 5.1 speakers.16. Virtual surround sound decoder for DVD player (for those with 5.1 speakers but no external receiver)
None of these belong in System Preferences--they're all applications or utilities in their own right. I do agree that the Utilities folder should be more prominent.18. Finder preferences, disk utility, airport admin utility, keychain, directory access etc all located in system preferences...(What new user would think to look in the applications/utilities folder for these apps?)
Networking for what? To connect to a share, you can browse the Finder's Network icon, just like browsing the network in Windows.20. An app for networking...(Again what new user would think to hit command k to connect to a network?)
Keeping track of all the viruses in the world is best done by the big security firms, not by individual manufacturers needlessly duplicating the work. Apple should remain focused on keeping the OS secure, as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...23. Perhaps Apple should create there own virus detection/quarantine app (Currently there aren't any viri but thats not to say that there won't be...I don't think Apple should rely on 3rd party companies to ensure our security..)
Safari will never be able to run ActiveX or IE-proprietary features. It's not Apple's fault that Microsoft abuses its market saturation to push bad technologies which it is unwilling to license.26. Better support for various plug-ins in Safari (there should never be a website Safari can't open)
matticus008 said:I'd much rather the user just be given a choice when creating the administrator account--"Do you want to create another account for daily use?" I don't need or want additional accounts on my computer, and I love that OS X doesn't force me to create extra ones and then keep me from deleting them.
matticus008 said:Check out Alarm Clock by Robbie Hansen. You can't get much more simple than this...just sits up in the menu bar and works perfectly (even wakes the computer from sleep).
matticus008 said:They'd never undertake the development/support issues themselves unless they planned on including TV tuners in Macs. Instead, I'd prefer an extensible Front Row that would allow EyeTV to add an icon to the "circle" for Television--with recordings being integrated into the Video section.
matticus008 said:You can already. Just enable systemwide spell checking.
matticus008 said:This isn't an OS X feature--it's a feature for the driver software of third-party sound cards which allow the use of PC 5.1 speakers.
matticus008 said:None of these belong in System Preferences--they're all applications or utilities in their own right. I do agree that the Utilities folder should be more prominent.
matticus008 said:Networking for what? To connect to a share, you can browse the Finder's Network icon, just like browsing the network in Windows.
matticus008 said:Keeping track of all the viruses in the world is best done by the big security firms, not by individual manufacturers needlessly duplicating the work. Apple should remain focused on keeping the OS secure, as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...
matticus008 said:Safari will never be able to run ActiveX or IE-proprietary features. It's not Apple's fault that Microsoft abuses its market saturation to push bad technologies which it is unwilling to license.
You read wrong. They invested some money when Steve came back in '97 and agreed to continue with Office to sway some complaints about monopoly abuses and rather than deal with Apple's lawsuits alleging they stole... well, everything, from Apple (mostly media stuff though). They sold their stock years later, at a profit I might add, and it was nonvoting anyway.ddrueckhammer said:(although they do own like 30% of Apple I read)
matticus008 said:[snip]My biggest gripe is the Finder. There's no path bar for direct access to a location without a thousand clicks[/snip]
Eraserhead said:Add the applications folder to the dock (ala the windows start menu)
Eraserhead said:Enable the firewall by default,
Eraserhead said:And of course add Cut and Up options to Finder (especially as Window's is getting rid of up from vista!).
Yes, but that's never been good enough--it's essentially the equivalent of a box to run the "ls" command visually. A user shouldn't have to press a keyboard shortcut every time they want to change to a different folder in a file browsing application. I want a path bar directly built into finder that's always present and does autocompleting of folder names. I also want it to drop down and show the hierarchy (or show it some other way, like a breadcrumb strip).Superdrive said:Apple+Shift+G
Oh, I see what you mean. I think that all the word processors, etc have thesauruses built in, with the exception of Textpad, so it might just be not worth the effort.ddrueckhammer said:I'll check it out but I'm talking about being able to use the system wide dictionary/thesaurus to replace words not the spell checker.
Nope, that's the beauty of modern OS design. DVD Player would just pass the song right into the Audio subsystem, where the "surround" would be virtualized at the sound card and then sent through the output ports.Partly, but DVD player still has to support it I think.
I think that the Utilities folder is a pretty obvious place to start--in Windows most of these apps are located under Programs\Accessories\System Tools, so there shouldn't be that much confusion. But like I said, I think the utilities folder should be more prominent--that's another thing. You should be able to have custom views in Finder that allow folders to be sorted first, and the Utilities folder should have some sort of icon. Applications that are utilities should, furthermore, install by default to the Utilities folder. Things that are not "preferences" and/or configuration options shouldn't be in System Preferences at all.You may be right but the average switcher who wants to do disk maintanence wouldn't think to look in applications/utilities/disk utility to find this app.
You should try Samba in Linux--the OS X implementation is far more stable and easy to use, but I agree it still needs some work. The command-K option isn't necessary--you can browse your network and connect to the share without having to know the command, or you can use the "Go" menu in Finder, which is pretty obvious. No keyboard shortcut is immediately obvious, which is why they should always have menu counterparts.Samba networking in its current incarnation is horrible. This is mainly Microsoft's fault but Apple bears some responsibility to make it work. Its hard to get shares to mount much less browse them without crashing finder. command-k to connect to a share isn't obvious for new switchers.
I'm not sure what you mean here. What doesn't Safari come with that it should? Internet Explorer doesn't even come with Flash or Java installed--plugins are by definition optional and as long as there's an easy way to install them, I think they've done their job.Possibly, but in my opinion Apple doesn't do enough to pre-package Safari or Quicktime with the plugins and drivers that are needed for every day use.
Yeah I knew about Cmd-Up, Cmd-Down is new to me though...gauchogolfer said:You do know that you can navigate in Finder folders via Cmd+up/down arrow in order to 'drill' up or down in the hierarchy, right? This is a pretty useful shortcut, if not. Did you mean something else?
matticus008 said:I'm not sure what you mean here. What doesn't Safari come with that it should? Internet Explorer doesn't even come with Flash or Java installed--plugins are by definition optional and as long as there's an easy way to install them, I think they've done their job.
matticus008 said:They'd never undertake the development/support issues themselves unless they planned on including TV tuners in Macs. Instead, I'd prefer an extensible Front Row that would allow EyeTV to add an icon to the "circle" for Television--with recordings being integrated into the Video section.
matticus008 said:I also want it to drop down and show the hierarchy (or show it some other way, like a breadcrumb strip).
There is a "path" button as well--but you can't manipulate it, and it's not particularly intuitive that every row is a folder lower. For a file manager, Finder is pretty inadequate. You should be able to have, say, a breadcrumb bar that works with drag and drop, and on hover opens the contents in the main finder window, in case you want to move a file to a peer folder.maverick808 said:Command+click on the title of a Finder window and it shows you the hierarchy.
I agree that it would be nice to have a path input bar though. Although I use it all the time Command+Shift+G is a little awkward and it doesn't auto-complete which is annoying.
Onizuka said:1. To be able to copy the Text of folder/file names in order to be able to paste in a new document that I can place on CD's/DVD's for backup. So, If I have a Media Folder, it would then list the Audio folder, then all of its contents, then the Picture folder, then its contents, then video, etc. etc.
2. Skins/Themes. I won't install a haxie to do this. Haxie's are processor hogs. I love the menubar, I love the dock (for the most part), just give me themes or the ability to customize every aspect.
4. When I tell the Finder I want all windows that are opened to be opened in LIST view, I want it that way, not for one or two folders. ALL of them. FOREVER.