Most recent submissions in 'Usability'
Maximum window size with one button(like windows)
The green "+" button in the aqua interface just isn't doing it for me. Should maximum the size without problems.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Finder should remember windows size
Thats really annyoning, who agree? Since early versions.. as far as i remember.
Maybe the windows need a predefined size/resolution that the user would set in the window menu
High
Medium
Not fixed
Copy file path location
Unfortunatly you can not copy the path to a file or folder. This feature is availiable through tools like win shortcutter but it should be built into the system and should support forward and backslashes for mixed enviroments.
High
High
Not fixed
Folder badges should be colored
The new Leopard folder icons have flat, monochromatic badges that are hard to read and distinguish from each other, especially at small sizes.
Bring back the colored badges that were in every previous version of OS X.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Spaces: setting for desktop-switching speed
I love Spaces -- or, rather, I think I will love it when I can use it.
I switch between desktops the way most people switch between applications. I'm used to the transitions being instantaneous. The Spaces transition is too slow (more...)
Speed setting for this transition.
Low
Low
Not fixed
QuickLook: Sound volume of QuickLook not adjustable and too loud by default
When i QuickLook audio/videofiles the volume is too loud (like playing with 100% volume in iTunes), the same behavior was also in Finder file preview of Tiger, but there was a volume slider. In QuickLook/Leopard there is only an option to mute the sound. (more...)
Add an volume slider to QuickLook and/or don't set it to 100% by default (maybe sync the volume with iTunes or system sound effects volume)
Medium
Low
Not fixed
Can't highlight text in text clippings
The Finder has a feature called "text clippings". Essentially, highlight any text (in Safari, say) and drag it to a Finder folder or the desktop and a "text clipping" is created. This is essentially a file that is all metadata (which (more...)
A quick fix is documented at MacOSXHints: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070308031011641 (more...)
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
List the apps that prevents unmounting
Ejecting external storage devices often isn't possible because some app/process still using the device. When trying to eject/unmount the finder just pops up an error message saying that the device isn't ejectable and you have to close the apps (more...)
When unmounting fails the finder should list which apps/processes are preventing it, and optionally switch to the app.
High
Medium
Fixed
Fixed in Snow Leopard! ^_^
Finder: Tabbed browsing in Finder
The Finder has no tabbed browsing option. Tabbed browsing would improve productivity for anyone who is familiar and comfortable with tabbed browsing (a lot of users). Tabbed Browsing is an option in Safari and the Terminal, why not in the Finder?
Add tabbed browsing in Finder, and the ability to drag files to tabs to move/copy them to the location of the tab.
Low
Medium
Not fixed
Possibility to resize windows till the bottom of the screen, even when the Dock is visible
When the Dock is visible, it effectively shrinks the available screen size for most applications. Safari and Firefox for example, can't be resized beyond the top margin of the dock.
This is also becomes an aesthetic issue in OS 10.5, where (more...)
This option should probably be optional, especially since some users have a very wide Dock which would hide window's status bars.
High
High
Not fixed
Unable to see icons on menu bar if there are too many
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...)
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...)
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Saving the original location info for files in Trash
When trying to restore files deleted to the Trash, the information about the original location of the file, maybe as an additional column in the Trash folder view, could have been very helpful.
With such info, It would have been much easier to (more...)
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Difficulty in identifying what your windows are.
If you have alot of windows open (example in picture) it makes it very hard to identify what windows are what.
Of course you can use exposé, but there are sometimes you are having your mouse days and such.
And sometimes (more...)
Make individual windows more distinguishable from each other.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Dialog windows lack keyboard shortcuts and tabbing (by default)
By default, tabbing through buttons in a dialog window is off, which makes it ever so bothersome to quickly deal with them. Furthermore there is no proper indication of hotkeys, like you have in Windows (underlining the letter).
For instance, (more...)
Medium
Low
Not fixed