Hopefully this means 512-pixel icon support in Snow Leopard's Finder.I'm normally the first one to jump on board with these sort of ideas but...
come on, this is just too dumb.
Quick Look is pretty cool. Just hitting space bar and instantly having the screen filled is great. I don't bother opening movie files at all anymore.
but...
Icons?
Who wants to watch a 64x36 version of an HD movie? This is just silly.
Skimming for the Finder.But if they could somehow dynamically chose which frame of a video is shown in the preview would be great. Most videos start with a completely black frame and then it fades in... or a logo comes up or something. So... most of the previews icons for videos on my computer are totally useless for identifying them. If they want to make it so it'll like... choose the frame that appears to actually show what the video is of... maybe it could take all the frames from the first few minutes and then chose the frame that has the most in common with the surrounding frames... or something like that. Better yet would be if the people who make the video files could make a cover for them... so recognizing the virtual video by its icon would be as easy as recognizing a physical movie by its cover.
100.8, or the equivalent of that when taking account varying pixel sizes.I have icons set to 72 on my 30" display. what size do you think they would need to be on a 42" LCD ?
Not really, no. Just a different way to get to previews. There are at least three ways now: column view, Get Info, and CoverFlow, all of which do the same.I so hope that is in snow leopard, wouldn't that count as a new feature though?
Sure you can. The play button doesn't appear instantaneously. Browse and double click works just like it did before.Funny how nobody has notice that if this "feature" is present, you can no longer just click on the file to select it.
Why would you watch any movie in preview mode? You're not playing the video, you're using its preview to identify it if the filename doesn't give you enough. If you want to watch the whole thing, open the file or use Quick Look.Who wants to watch a 64x36 version of an HD movie? This is just silly.
Nearly all of my icon previews show something other than the first frame. It depends on the source and the authoring program, I guess.But if they could somehow dynamically chose which frame of a video is shown in the preview would be great. Most videos start with a completely black frame and then it fades in... or a logo comes up or something. So... most of the previews icons for videos on my computer are totally useless for identifying them.
no you don't
Vista has dynamic icon previews that can be used to preview text files.true, usually people consider a feature windows cant do, and OS X couldnt recently do, a new feature.
Since linux is much less then minority, noone really considers it wit these things.
Does Vista even have a quick-look like feature? Or are windows users still stuck opening window notepad to view a text file? haha... now that i use leopard all the time, the thought of opening an application just to view a simple file seems extremely silly... but just a little more then a year ago I would do it all the time without thinking twice.
Can you read the text, or does it just show a thumbnail-sized page? Last time I saw Vista, the icon preview was just like the OS X icon: it shows the thumbnail version.Vista has dynamic icon previews that can be used to preview text files.
Then you'll be able to provide screenshots to prove it.
P.S. I trust you actually bought a legit license for Leopard in order to put Mac OS X onto your Dell. Otherwise you're just a thief (and from my 10.5.4, also a liar).
Wow, this thread just got ugly. But yes, he is wrong. I even sized the icons above 72 and hovering over the icon doesn't work in 10.5.4.
no you don't
Except switching from the Finder stops the playback which is kind of irritating....
I'm normally the first one to jump on board with these sort of ideas but...
come on, this is just too dumb.
Quick Look is pretty cool. Just hitting space bar and instantly having the screen filled is great. I don't bother opening movie files at all anymore.
im gonna go ahead and let the pictures do the talking sky
its not my fault you are deprived of your finder features =)
jealous much?
The preview frame is about 10 seconds into the movie.Nearly all of my icon previews show something other than the first frame. It depends on the source and the authoring program, I guess.
That's what I was thinking. At least Vista's icons can go up to 256·256 and there's the option of a preview pane in Windows Explorer that supports large previews.Can you read the text, or does it just show a thumbnail-sized page? Last time I saw Vista, the icon preview was just like the OS X icon: it shows the thumbnail version.
Photoshopped pictures can do a lot of talking, although these pictures aren't.im gonna go ahead and let the pictures do the talking sky