Thanks for doing it via the Open menu. Works well! You might want to alternate the row color and allow the icon on the side on the preferences page. There's a lot of white space and it makes it look like a text box. 
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Thanks for doing it via the Open menu. Works well! You might want to alternate the row color and allow the icon on the side on the preferences page. There's a lot of white space and it makes it look like a text box.
Yup. Actually uses open AND allows drag-&-drop from Finder
Going to add icons too, and make the other fixed menu items on/off checkable on the side, which will take up the whitespace.For tomorrow's update, I did some basic French/German/Japanese localization the menus. I noticed a lot of Germany/Austria/Switzerland customers so uBar im Deutsch should help them!
Yup. Actually uses open AND allows drag-&-drop from Finder
For tomorrow's update, I did some basic French/German/Japanese localization the menus. I noticed a lot of Germany/Austria/Switzerland customers so uBar im Deutsch should help them!
Est fantastique, j'ai hâte.
I noticed that! And sounds good. How easy would it to get tags implemented? I can just do that with Smart Folders otherwise.
Est fantastique, j'ai hâte.
I noticed that! And sounds good. How easy would it to get tags implemented? I can just do that with Smart Folders otherwise.
Ouaip, c'est pas mal d'avoir uBar traduit dans plusieurs langues... !
I don't really use tags, so what are you thinking of in terms of implementation?
I don't know how they're stored in OS X, but the way I was thinking, and you can have an on/off switch for this too... is that they could be under the shortcuts. They'd have the circle with the color fill, and then their name.
You'd probably call all of them up and then use checkboxes. People who use them all have different setups, so you can't just hardcode them in.
So basically, tags under their own section under the custom menu items, you see the colour circle + title, and if you select one, it brings up a Finder window showing things with that tag?
I'm thinking they should be under a menu called "Tags" because I don't even use them and there are like 15 defined on my system (seems files from other people come along with Tag meta data).
As you can see in the attached image, I can't get it to work
I am running Yosemite, tough.
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As you can see in the attached image, I can't get it to work
I am running Yosemite, tough.
Ah, you have to go to System Preferences>Keyboard>Shortcuts>Services, and then check "Add to uBar Favorites".
By the way, would you mind translating uBar to Português?
If so, please translate the right hand string (left stays English). For example "Yes" = "Oui";
Code:
//uBar Menu
"Home" = "Home";
"Downloads" = "Downloads";
"Sleep" = "Sleep";
"Restart..." = "Restart...";
"Shut Down..." = "Shut Down...";
"Log Out %@..." = "Log Out %@...";
//uBar Alternate Menu
"About uBar" = "About uBar";
"Preferences..." = "Preferences...";
"Check for Updates..." = "Check for Updates...";
"Registration..." = "Registration...";
"Buy uBar..." = "Buy uBar...";
"Turn Hiding On" = "Turn Hiding On";
"Turn Hiding Off" = "Turn Hiding Off";
"Quit uBar" = "Quit uBar";And anyone else if you want uBar in your language tomorrow, please translate
And remember use standard Apple translations for common terms when possible (i.e. translate it the same way the Apple menu does or iTunes.app or Dock.app does)
Yep.
I would say let us turn them on and off for that reason (you can do this in Finder). I'm okay with the menu "Tags". Otherwise the whole uB menu would take up the entire height of my entire screen on my MacBook Pro.
If not, I'm fine with the smart folder alternative. I can live with that.
Yep.
I would say let us turn them on and off for that reason (you can do this in Finder). I'm okay with the menu "Tags". Otherwise the whole uB menu would take up the entire height of my entire screen on my MacBook Pro.
If not, I'm fine with the smart folder alternative. I can live with that.
Ok Finder.app seems to have "Favourite Tags", so I will try to see if I can get that when I implement. This way it wouldn't be too many.
By the way, anyone notice the cool red stripes on Apps that are unresponsive? It's been in since 2.0.0 but it's a nice little touch
Okay, here's the Saturday update
Release notes for Version 2.1.1
Release notes for Version 2.1.1
- Feature: Initial localization into French, German and Japanese
- Tweak: Clicking the Clock now opens Calendar.app instead of Date & Time
Hello.
I se uBar now on my MBP with 10.9.4 running on it and just used PS to make "art" of course and noticed this issue:
When PS is in maximised screen mode, meaning i pressed the GREEN icon on the top left to maximise it, the bottom part of PS is hidden behind that uBar.
I se uBar now on my MBP with 10.9.4 running on it and just used PS to make "art" of course and noticed this issue:
When PS is in maximised screen mode, meaning i pressed the GREEN icon on the top left to maximise it, the bottom part of PS is hidden behind that uBar.
Thanks, I didn't know how else to describe, and since not all apps are yet fullscreen capable, thank laziness for that, this might happen with other apps too.
But since you are a programmer using the latest Pascal tools, I guess you know, what the cause is, unlike me, who would call it the goat of the sheep.
Well actually uBar works great with fullscreen apps, but Photoshop doesn't behave normally. It's actually a huge mess of dozens of windows even if you don't have a single document open, so I will have to see exactly what it is doing when the screen-mode fullscreen button is pressed. It is definitely not the same "fullscreen" as other apps. uBar is written in Objective-C by the way, not Pascal...
Well actually uBar works great with fullscreen apps, but Photoshop doesn't behave normally. It's actually a huge mess of dozens of windows even if you don't have a single document open, so I will have to see exactly what it is doing when the screen-mode fullscreen button is pressed. It is definitely not the same "fullscreen" as other apps. uBar is written in Objective-C by the way, not Pascal...
Yeah, and I meant TurboPascal. Bätsch.
The same happens, when I press the GREEN button on Safari or other applications, they do not see uBar as bottom border.
And PS is a single window application, in a way, now, but that may not help the cause anyway.
Sorry, noticed another thing.
When VLC Player is in Fullscreen mode (CMD+F), the bar is still visible.
When VLC Player is in Fullscreen mode (CMD+F), the bar is still visible.
uBar does stop windows from going under it as of 2.0.8. Safari and VLC both function correctly on several machines I have tested.
I don't know what is the problem on your particular machine, but I can help debug it via private message if you could send me your OS X and uBar version details.
Would be nice to be able to un-group similar windows.
IE: currently if I have 3 safari windows open, it groups them together, I need to click it, then I can pick which one I want to bring to foreground or open.
I use Windows 7 at work, and have my taskbar to NOT group any similar applications (basically make it function like winxp). I've always found this faster and more productive (especially when I have a lot of similar apps open but need multiple windows.
I do like your app! I will keep using it during the trial period, and possibly purchase down the road. Will test with external monitors and see how it works later this week when I get home.
IE: currently if I have 3 safari windows open, it groups them together, I need to click it, then I can pick which one I want to bring to foreground or open.
I use Windows 7 at work, and have my taskbar to NOT group any similar applications (basically make it function like winxp). I've always found this faster and more productive (especially when I have a lot of similar apps open but need multiple windows.
I do like your app! I will keep using it during the trial period, and possibly purchase down the road. Will test with external monitors and see how it works later this week when I get home.
One "problem" I am currently having is that the size of the window of the applications extends under the uBar.
I have chrome running on my mac, but I don't use it in full screen mode: I extend the size of the window all over the screen. I can't overpass Dock, but I can overpass uBar.
As you can see in the attached image, the window is under uBar, making it unusable.
I have chrome running on my mac, but I don't use it in full screen mode: I extend the size of the window all over the screen. I can't overpass Dock, but I can overpass uBar.
As you can see in the attached image, the window is under uBar, making it unusable.
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Just tested, and can confirm that Chrome misbehaves - will see what I can do about it. Thanks!
Sim, I can replicate the Chrome or Photoshop issue on several computers because it is an issue with how Chrome and Photoshop handle their windows. I cannot reproduce your issue with Safari, Finder, or VLC on any computer because you are experiencing a unique issue related to your particular configuration. If you would like to PM me your configuration details I can try and figure out what is going on in your particular case.
What exact data do you need besides this?
Mac OS X 10.9.4 build 13E28
Safari 7.0.5
Finder 10.9.4
VLC 2.1.2
Movist old version 0.6.8
on a mid 2009 17" MBP (5,2) with 2.8 GHz and 8 GB RAM while using the 9400M.