Comments by user "aequalsb"
Registered since: June 9, 2009
Multimonitor: application menu on second monitor
i have heard the exact complaint from another friend who is a very savvy computer user. he also happens to be a Windows and Mac user. my theory is that people who use the two OSs may develop an expectation of the menu being above the current application "focus" (whatever the current window is) because they get used to the menu being at the top of each individual window in Windows.
personally, i like the "menu in one place on the primary monitor" approach. so, i've never experienced this "problem". i will vote this one +1 for my friend... as well as the sensibility of it (and as long as it's a user preference).
Delete a File by Pressing Delete Key
yeah... are you nuts? the delete key is far too casually pressed, and therefore accidental file deletion would be too easy -- just like it is on Windows...
besides... aren't all you Windows people right-click dependent? let's have a big laugh right now at how many people say they don't like Mac because it doesn't have a right-click mouse! LOL!
so... c'mon... be a Windows user and just use right-click to delete files -- THAT works the same way on both OSs
-1
After deleting a file, the next file should be selected
i agree with Grey_Podder ... gets a -1
files in a file system are MUCH more sensitive than entries in an email or music list in a narrow scope WITHIN a specific application. it is NOT parallel to the Finder.
@"- In Gmail, if you have keyboard shortcuts turned on, then if you delete or archive a message, it automatically selects the following message."
Gmail, thankfully, has changed this behavior!! i couldn't stand it. if i was viewing a single email and i deleted it, i WANTED Gmail to return to my list -- NOT show me the "next" email.
the people who agree with this submission are making a "fatal" assumption... that is: the OS is somehow able to know what the "next" file is **when it is NOT in List View**
in other words, they are assuming the current file view is in List View where it would be a logical and easy progression to the "next" object. but in other views, such as Thumb View, it is so arguable what the "next" file is!
Mac developers probably had to choose a catch-all. If you "release" all selections after a cmd-delete it will work in ALL views and provide a safer (no accidental deletes) environment. it may be in the works that it will automatically adjust (preferably with a user setting) for List View and select the "next" file after a cmd-delete... but release all selections after a cmd-delete when NOT in List View. it's just not there yet...
Press enter to open folder or file
I think a very important aspect to this discussion is being missed...
on Mac: if you select a series of files (consecutively or not) then double-click on ONE of those files... it opens ALL of the selected files.
on Windows: if you select a series of files (consecutively or not) then double-click on ONE of those files... it opens ONLY the file you DOUBLE-CLICKED ON. to compensate for this, Windows makes the Enter key open a multi-file selection.
Mac, on the other hand, has the ADVANTAGE of being able to assign the Enter key a different function: to open the inline file-rename dialogue -- which i use profusely and can "quickly and easily rename a series of files using keyboard interaction ONLY". to change that would be... horrid.
RE: "Fix it. Windows does it just fine, so model that!" It certainly offers NO support to hold up one OS against the other and say that one does it right.
I am a graphic designer/web designer/web programmer and i probably have more reasons to absolutely (and with great passion) hate Windows than you have in combined comparison points. i use both OSs extensively, for many different reasons, on a daily basis, side-by-side -- you will likely not find as devout a Mac user as myself.
however, there are a handful of things about Windows i prefer. example: in Windows, you have complete access to file and folder manipulation right inside any save dialogue box... a tremendous positive there!
so i would not dismiss any suggestion offhand nor would i vote on it negatively just because it was referring to "how Windows does it right". BUT... this suggestion is so fundamentally contrary to a Mac advanage that i MUST vote negatively against it...
Tasks bringing applications to the front
Wrote on June 10, 2009, 1:23pm
100% agree -- i want my OS to give me overriding control.
+1