wired.com — Flipping through documents, browsing other computers on my network and cleaning up my desktop -- such things are hardly capable of sustaining one's interest for more than a few seconds, let alone producing joy. But joy is exactly what I felt as I pointed and clicked my way around the visually immersive world of Mac OS X version 10.5...
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wordsofwisedumbJun 19, 2007
I have not used Vista for more than a few seconds, but I do know that in XP there are no springloaded folders like in OS X's Finder. This in itself is enough to keep the Windows file manager way behind. Springloaded folders prevent the need for a dual pane view, and they allow object-action operations (like most of real life is) rather than action-object operations which are primarily encountered in poor user interfaces to the digital world.
jrbrewinJun 19, 2007
@topher06"@Does Windows File Manager have smart folders or spotlight?Yes"i love how a) when you answer someone's question for them, you get dugg down for saying an answer they didn't like. You could have gone for the double whammy, angered more apple fans, and explained that smart folders were ripped from microsoft office outlook 2003.. b) the ex-windows3.11 user still refers the windows shell as file manager. only 15 years out of date there.
hamletlereJun 19, 2007
I've never used Media Center, but I can't say I think Front Row is that great. I currently buy The Daily Show through iTunes, and the titles tend to be "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 5/10/07". Unfortunately, Front Row cuts the titles off after "The Daily Show with...", which makes it nearly impossible to tell one from another without actually starting the show and waiting for the date to be displayed as part of the show's title sequence.They also have no visual indicators as to whether or not you've started (or finished) watching one of the shows, so all of those that I've already seen look identical to those I have not. This is an issue when I've watched 14 out of the 20 currently residing on my hard drive. Yes, I can delete them after I watch them, but that's not the best option.Some of these issues have apparently been resolved on the similar but distinct interface of AppleTV. I don't have one, however, so I hope they backport some of the enhancements.
Closed AccountJun 19, 2007
by spectre_25gt 4 hours ago@tacojohnInteresting idea, but you might as well be using Adobe Version Cue at that point.----------------------yeah, until you want to do it with non-Adobe formats. And sometimes built in solutions are better than bolted on ones.
internetworld7Jun 19, 2007
"I'm sorry but I just can't accept the words PRODUCTIVITY and MAC in the same sentence. "LOL! Boy, you really hurt a lot of feelings with that line!
streakJun 20, 2007
@willynilly, I expect a lot of people lurking here have their life savings gambled on AAPL.Getting back on topic...It would be nice if the Finder could (optionally) order a select group of documents by their internal similarity. A variety of similarity criteria could be implemented: Similar images. Similar text. Similar presentations. Similar color. Etc.This would make QuickView more expeditious towards finding the exact document(s) of interest.
jrbrewinJun 20, 2007
in fairness, the time machine in xp comment wasn't totally justified. This functionality can be accessed from xp, but it relies ona) a server, running volume shadow copyb) the shadow copy client running on xp - which doesn't come out of the box. It's free though.the point is though, that functionality isn't new, especially to apple, and exists in it's competitor's product - which apple has openly, and repeatidly stated copied features FROM apple. hyprocritical at best, i think. Leopard has, at best used photocopiers far more than Vista has.
nkthenFeb 27, 2008
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