Aqua Taskforce

Adding files to finder should have that green plus symbol

Submitted by .Chris on December 26, 2008 to Usability

Problem: When adding files to finder, there is no real visual other then a faint blue box along the side of the finder window. I think it would be better if that round green plus symbol is there instead.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

Dock: Give user the option to require a click at bottom of screen to reveal the Dock.

Submitted by groundfloormusic on November 21, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: For many users, "Automatically hide and show the Dock" may be preferable to seeing the Dock all the time, but it's still a rather poor option. The problem is that the Dock far too often springs up unbidden. Horizontal scroll bars are particularly (more...)

Solution: Users should have the option of requiring a click at the bottommost 1 or 2 pixels of the screen, without which the Dock will not appear. This would not be preferable for all situations, but for many it would be ideal. I believe the absence of such an (more...)

Severity: High

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

No option to hide menu bar

Submitted by Applefan on August 27, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Unlike the Dock, the Menu bar cannot be hidden. This is annoying as there is not enough space for work, especially for portables.

Solution: Get a utility or get a new software update that allows you to hide the menu bar at will and bring it back again.

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(6 comments)

"Different" shutdown menu in the new Snow Leopard (10.6)

Submitted by bastyani on August 30, 2009 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: (this applies to the new Snow Leopard (10.6) )
When using the Ctrl-EJECT shortcut to invoke the "restart/shutdown" menu
in the new Snow Leopard (10.6) there is only the ShutDown button selected.
It is nothing wrong with (more...)

Solution: I like the old way more than the new one.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Fixed

(3 comments)

iCal: I can't find any way to delete calendar entries or ToDos.

Submitted by hoosiercatguy on May 19, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: I believe there should be an easy way of deleting entries of any kind in iCal (e.g., calendar events or To Dos. I can't think of any reason why this capability should not be present for other types of entries, but perhaps there is one.) If an event (more...)

Solution: (1) Proposed solution: I think Apple should include a DELETE button or function within iCal.
(2) Alternatively (my 2nd choice) you could use the DELETE key on the keyboard to accomplish this function.

(NOTE: I am just a regular (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Shouldn't have to EJECT a thumb drive

Submitted by doubleforte on August 29, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Why oh why must I be forced to drag my thumb drive's icon to the trash to eject it? This has been lame since I bought my first Mac in 1994. Windows users are shocked when they want to remove their thumb drive and I tell them they need to drag it (more...)

Solution: Just let me pull the thing out of the USB slot. The OS is smart enough to notice it's gone missing, so it should be smart enough to free up any resources it had allocated to the drive before it was removed.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(7 comments)

Moving files via Finder

Submitted by WaveAndersson on August 28, 2008 to Usability

Problem: Problems when you want to organize and preview files in finder. As you browse your way down several folders you loose the overview because folders dont use expand collapse as in windows. Then when you want to move a file you have to drag it to a certain (more...)

Solution: An easy solution would be to ad some shortcuts.

shortcut 1: alt + m = dialog: move file(s) to - browse folders - ok
shortcut 2: alt + c = dialog: copy file(s) to - browse folders - ok
shortcut 3: alt + e = dialog: edit file(s) (more...)

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(7 comments)

Delete a File by Pressing Delete Key

Submitted by Explorer5 on October 31, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Why is it that when you select a file anywhere in the OS - desktop, finder, etc, but then click Delete, it does not delete the file? I understand clicking Cmd-Delete deletes the file, but why not just "Delete"?

What is the point (more...)

Solution: Enable deletion of files by only clicking the delete key. Do NOT require cmd-delete or any other combination.

Severity: High

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(15 comments)

Floating pallets and windows that hide themselves when switching between applications

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on October 5, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Some applications have windows or floating pallets that hide when changing between applications. If I switch to another application, the information in these windows is now hidden and can't be seen until the original application is active again.
(more...)

Solution: Don't hide windows. At least have a button on them to make them stay visible when switching apps.

Handy workaround: Use Dashboard Stickies to copy the information, which doesn't hide the windows in the background.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(13 comments)

Unable to see icons on menu bar if there are too many

Submitted by hoopla_punta on August 11, 2008 to Annoyance, Icons, Usability

Problem: When you switch to an app with a lot of menus, your icons on the right get cut away, never to be found unless you which to e.g. finder, which has less menus.

This also happens when you switch to lower resolutions for projectors and such. (more...)

Solution: Double clicking the apple icon will push another "menu bar" below the actual one. Then you can drag icons into the additional bar, including system ones, by using the "command" modifier. (FYI, did you know that you can reorder system (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(10 comments)