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Keynote: auto-size fonts in textfields

Submitted by mojo2012 on January 11, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

I like Keynote because it is simple and easy to use ... sometimes to simple.
If you enter too much text into a textfield, some words just vanish beyond the textfield border. So you have to select all text and set a smaller font size. This is quite (more...)

Copy the powerpoint feature: if the text doesn't fit into the textfield, then it automatically gets smaller. If you are at the bottom of the textfield and then press return to make a new line/bullet point the whole text gets smaller and the new line (more...)

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(3 comments)

25 +28/-3 votes

OS X can't read or burn Multi Session DVDs

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on January 8, 2009 to Annoyance, Usability

The DVD UDF format allows DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs to be read and written to just like floppy drives. You can add extra files and folders until the DVD is full, plus delete and rename existing files. However OS X doesn't support this feature. Even worse, (more...)

Allow OS X to read all common DVD formats as specified by the UDF standard.

Allow burning multi-session DVDs from the Finder.

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Medium

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(9 comments)

-2 +9/-11 votes

iChat AV can't video-chat between Mac and Windows computers

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on January 6, 2009 to Usability

iChat AV is supposed to be the best video chat application, but it only works with Macs. That would be fine if it also supported the most popular video-chat protocols like MSN, but it doesn't. It's completely impossible to use Apple or MSN (more...)

Either produce a Windows version of iChat, or enable iChat to be compatible with MSN Messenger video-chat.

I know both of these ideas are pretty far-fetched, nobody needs to comment on exactly why neither of these things will ever happen (more...)

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(11 comments)

51 +54/-3 votes

Finder: Queued file copy/move operations

Submitted by Flauchhaus on January 2, 2009 to Annoyance

When you launch 2 big files copies (File Copy A, then File copy B), the finder do both file copies at the same time. This is utterly inefficient as the HD head constantly move from file A to File B back and forth to copy a bit of A, then a bit of B.
(more...)

A much more efficient way is to queue the file copy if the files are copied on the same HD, so the computer copies A, then B at full speed because HD Head moves a lot less.
Refinements:
Automatic reordering of the queue to start to do the (more...)

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(8 comments)

44 +48/-4 votes

Pause / Resume File Copy

Submitted by apulaski on January 1, 2009 to Annoyance

When copying large files there is no ability to pause or resume a job. Also, in the event of some sort of copy failure (power is lost to an external USB drive, or the computer goes to sleep) no resume functionality is available.

Add the ability to pause a file copy as well as resume a failed file copy to finder.

Medium

Medium

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(2 comments)

31 +35/-4 votes

Delete Individual Items in Trash

Submitted by jay314 on December 29, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

I want to delete individual files from the trash, without emptying the whole trash bin.

This can be done via the terminal, but it should be available through finder.

Allow the user to press CMD + delete on a selection of items in the trash to permanently delete them.

Medium

Medium

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(9 comments)

15 +21/-6 votes

Cursor Resizing Needs Improvment

Submitted by jay314 on December 29, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

The default Leopard cursor is too small. Resizing the cursor using the Universal Access options results in an ugly, pixel-resized cursor.

Either improve cursor resizing or allow the user to set larger, custom cursors.

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(3 comments)

18 +23/-5 votes

iTunes can't auto-scan folders for new or missing media

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on December 29, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

If iTunes could automatically scan folders for changes it would be almost perfect software!

At the moment I can't simply download movies or music into a folder and have iTunes automatically index all new files, it has to be manually (more...)

Allow iTunes to scan for folder changes. Have it check upon startup, or have a button in Preferences along the lines of 'Scan folder for changes'. Add new files into the 'Files Added Today' smart playlist and alert when media is (more...)

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(9 comments)

21 +23/-2 votes

Bluetooth File Exchange application is terrible

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on December 28, 2008 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

It's absolute crap! It can't transfer folders, baulks when transferring too many files at the same time, doesn't have a search function and doesn't display any information other than file size. It forces users to copy items to the (more...)

Allow users to mount Bluetooth devices in the Finder. Problem solved.

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High

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(1 comments)

6 +13/-7 votes

Menu font and size cannot be changed

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on December 28, 2008 to Aesthetics, Annoyance, Usability

OS X doesn't allow the user to change menu (and menu bar) fonts and sizes.

I have many elderly or disabled clients who have poor eyesight and need bigger fonts. Some are stuck with using OS 9 or Windows because they simply cannot (more...)

Allow the user to pick their own fonts for menus, or at least give them the option to increase the size of the default font.

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High

Not fixed

(6 comments)

10 +12/-2 votes

Finder: Connect to Server & Spaces

Submitted by mojo2012 on December 28, 2008 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

If you open the "connect to server" dialog, it will bring you to the space where you opened it the last time.
But as it is a dialog, it should be opened on the space you are currently working on. This happens even if you don't have (more...)

Always open the "connect to server" dialog on the current space.

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Low

Not fixed

-8 +3/-11 votes

Adding files to finder should have that green plus symbol

Submitted by .Chris on December 26, 2008 to Usability

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.

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(2 comments)

11 +16/-5 votes

iTunes ignores the system-wide 'Check for updates' setting

Submitted by MicrowaveDave on December 24, 2008 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

iTunes still checks for updates even if I have turned off 'Check for updates' in the Software Updates system prefeference pane. Users have to manually turn off updates in iTunes itself.

This is absolutely infuriating for novice (more...)

iTunes updates can separately be disabled in the application itself, but because it is an Apple application, it should respect the system-wide update setting.

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(3 comments)

23 +24/-1 votes

Finder file info dialog: make text select & copyable

Submitted by Flauchhaus on December 23, 2008 to Annoyance, Usability

Its not possible to copy file details (Size, Location, Resolution, Date...) from the file info window.

Make "file details" text select & copyable from the file info window.
:edit: seems to work in a snow leopard preview version :D

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Low

Fixed

Works in Snow Leopard :)

-4 +9/-13 votes

Use Icon instead of Application Menu Name

Submitted by mojo2012 on December 22, 2008 to Aesthetics, Icons

It would be greate to have an OPTION to use the application icon as in the menu instead of the application name.
So to the right of the apple icon there would be the safari icon.

Sometimes it happens to me, that I have an app with (more...)

To be able to use the app icon instead of the name would free some space and (imho) looks great.

Low

Low

Not fixed

(5 comments)

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