Comments by user "linuxforever"
Registered since: May 25, 2009
Delete Individual Items in Trash
+1* If you do not intend to restore some of the files you have moved to the trash then you could just permanently delete them (except you think it needs more time for bigger files and you need to take an extra break to do the intensive work).
Anyway, version control works even better for me (-> TimeMachine), so I usually circumvent the trash.
Finder: NEW small symbols list view
I would prefer the key movement this way: having selected the last item in a column pressing the arrow down key should jump to the top of the very same column. This would make it easier for me at least to navigate through my files since I can switch columns with the right and left arrow keys while I can go to the top much faster if I am currently at the bottom.. I hope you know what what I mean.
Feature Request: add a basic drawing tool
This drawing library would then also be welcomed in an integrated notetaking application, especially for the Modbook and tablet users...
Different Dock layout for each Space
This sounds like a sensible solution to me because it does not touch the main concept of interaction (which would otherwise be changed) and the overview over all opened windows remains the same (Your are so right!). Although, it probably requires Leopard to work with pop-out stacks. Older version open the Finder with the Aliases, I guess.
WindowShade is gone
These "spring-loaded" title bars are somehow already in use on many Linux desktops (using the scroll-wheel minimizing the window to the title bar) and some sort of spring-loaded Dock items are coming with Windows 7 (Aero Peek).
Dock: let users set the orientation
I think the main problem is to please both the amateur and the power user and to let them know about all the features the user might be interested in. The only way to do that is to offer the functionality for power users but make them accessible through a well documented preference pane on the one hand and through many configuration assistants (Wizards in Windows terms) on the other hand so that everyone is happy!
Dock: Give user the option to require a click at bottom of screen to reveal the Dock.
I agree that just moving the cursor to the edge of the screen making the Dock reappear is annoying. But, however, I also think it would be very dangerous to circumvent this problem the way you suggest, by clicking on the edge, since there could actually be some sort of signal receiver like a button for example that could be triggered accidentally (missing the invisible but dedicated clicking zone) or not clicked (opening the dock). Even if you visualize the show Dock area and highlight the edge of the screen indicating that a click will make the Dock show up the zone is still too narrow to prevent an unwanted repositioning of the cursor during the time in between moving the cursor to the edge and the actual click taking place. The pointing device could still have caused the cursor to move a tiny little bit away from the dedicated zone without making the user recognize due to the fast and little movement. A wider zone on the other hand would not solve the problem at all.
So I propose to use some sort of keyboard shortcut and/or mouse key combination or touchpad gestures to show and hide the Dock without interfering with key combinations already in use.
Spaces: setting for desktop-switching speed
As most of Apple's UI features, this one cannot be customized according to the user's preferences. Compiz for the Linux platform allows the exact timing and speed for each transition to be configured which made it usable for me, as I was not lucky with the standard properties either!
Improve the UI for multiple monitors
Why do the Mac OS X programmers make the decision where to put the menu bar? Why are the users not allowed to decide what arrangement fits best for each of their individual applications (like those examples mentioned above)?
As a Switcher for instance I would have highly appreciated a more familiar look during the first few weeks using Mac OS X.
Possibility to separate spaces in dual monitor mode
This would also make sense for cycling through the opened windows by CMD+TAB...
Easy switch between monitors
It would also be nice not only to have the three options to cycle through but also a fourth opening a system preference pane offering further configuration and detailed explanation for each pre-set.
Unify compress/extract, copy/move, mount
Taking the idea one step further: Executing multiple different actions accessing the file system in parallel and showing their progress in one window makes sense to me because you could pause/stop single processes and assign priorities over the limited bandwidth by dragging items up/down the list to ensure the user's preferred task finishes as fast as possible.
Finder: No way to refresh a window
This issue is an incredible good example for screwing up the whole "What You See Is What You Get" philosophy of modern operating systems! I recommend using a different file manager anyway (e.g. PathFinder) due to all the other flaws finder has (e.g. still Carbon!?).
Recurring tasks
I firmly agree to you fbcrmn, ebaur and MicrowaveDave: Thunderbird for instance does support timing for tasks but it is no real alternative (yet, I hope). And Apple delivers a complete package of PIM and multimedia applications making the only latter their unique selling point since Microsoft also has Windows Mail (Outlook Express for those who still remember) and AddressBook and cannot really compete with the multimedia live services (yet, I think) like MovieMaker for example. So obviously, Microsoft seems to neglect Windows PIM apps in favor of selling their Outlook and Apple seems to see no reason to get into the competiton on their very own platform, not caring about all those user who do not (want to) pay extra money for Entourage or other PIM software. This makes me really upset because PIM is one of the central software features a modern OS should nativley provide so that anybody can start to benefit from the tremendous power of such helpful applications!
Make software update notification discoverable when hidden beneath other windows
Wrote on May 26, 2009, 8:59pm
Wow, Windows property panes have exactly the same flaw, how (un)cool is that!