I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons. I don't like it in iTunes, and I don't like it in the Finder. Just another thing I'll have to patch all the time, I guess.
Me too! Hate it!
BTW, the new Cover Flow is ugly! Look at the stacked icons 'waiting to be seen'. Doesn't make sense. And what about the colours on the list below. It used to be an alternate of blue & white. But now that too has been removed!
I really don't like the cover flow. The icons, unlike those in iOS and album arts, have their own "3D" in it. Like the dictionary it portraits a dictionary which is 3D by itself. They are just trying to use the skewing in album art coverflow and bring it here? Doesn't look good to me.
CoverFlow is pointless in the Finder. It's nothing more than a gimmick. Does anyone actually use it?
document grouping in finder is something windows XP can do since ... 2001?
i am sorry, but i don't understand apple anymore. they are not making the new OS better, they make it worse. maybe we will one day end up having iOs on macs, and no more os x. i am suprised apple has not close the os x like they did in iOs.
I have to agree with the poster above. I rarely, if ever use spotlight, simply because it lacks basic file info (and pressing Command I on every potential file to see 'where' it's located isn't useful.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
If I'm in Cover Flow view then why also display the text below it? It's merging Cover Flow with a list type view. It's redundant and does nothing to help me find an application! Plus it just needlessly eats up more system resources!
If a view is actually useful then it should stand on it's own merits. By also including a list view in the same window it's basically saying that Cover Flow is useless.
I have to agree with the poster above. I rarely, if ever use spotlight, simply because it lacks basic file info (and pressing Command I on every potential file to see 'where' it's located isn't useful.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
I think it's terrible how Apple are continuing toward the trend of having features appear from nowhere. It makes it very hard to discover what an app can do. In the example of search, and 'Advanced' button would be familiar to every computer user and you'd instantly know how to get to the extra search features, instead of starting the search, then having something else appear, but not necessarily what you wanted. A mess.
I have to agree with the poster above. I rarely, if ever use spotlight, simply because it lacks basic file info (and pressing Command I on every potential file to see 'where' it's located isn't useful.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons.
I think I know why Apple has decided to do this.
It would be somewhat distracting to have colored icons in the sidebar competing for attention with the icons on the right, especially if you're dealing with smaller icons.
I'm not trying to invalidate your preference; just explaining why I think Apple made this design decision.
I have to say, I like the new Finder, a lot. I also like them taking out the color. Makes everything blend in more with the theme.
Coverflow, well, I never liked it since it first came out. I'm never gonna use it, and I am glad they are not pushing it, and providing newer ways of sorting my stuff in Finder.
I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons. I don't like it in iTunes, and I don't like it in the Finder. Just another thing I'll have to patch all the time, I guess.
I find it depressing and drab. What would be perfect is to just have the Sidebar icon that shows your location be bright and colorful so you can easily see where you are.
Which is better, this sidebar from iTunes 9:
Or this new "Lion-Like" sidebar from iTunes 10:
After I saw that, I uninstall iTunes 10 and have stuck with 9.
Anyone know the rationale behind icons not re-flowing to fit a window when you change its size? They stay where they are and move off screen. Any hope of that being changed in Lion?
I find it depressing and drab. What would be perfect is to just have the Sidebar icon that shows your location be bright and colorful so you can easily see where you are.
Which is better, this sidebar from iTunes 9:
Or this new "Lion-Like" sidebar from iTunes 10:
After I saw that, I uninstall iTunes 10 and have stuck with 9.
The stripping of colour from the sidebar is to my mind a good example of style trumping usability. Yes it looks cleaner and less busy without those differently-coloured icons, but the colour of the icons was a visual cue that made it faster and easier find the icon you're looking for. It's not a big deal but it is a minor setback in usability, at least for me.
Anyone know the rationale behind icons not re-flowing to fit a window when you change its size? They stay where they are and move off screen. Any hope of that being changed in Lion?
I'm certain it's just a bug.
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The stripping of colour from the sidebar is to my mind a good example of style trumping usability. Yes it looks cleaner and less busy without those differently-coloured icons, but the colour of the icons was a visual cue that made it faster and easier find the icon you're looking for. It's not a big deal but it is a minor setback in usability, at least for me.
All but three of them were blue. It's really no different.
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I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons. I don't like it in iTunes, and I don't like it in the Finder. Just another thing I'll have to patch all the time, I guess.
Me too! Hate it!
BTW, the new Cover Flow is ugly! Look at the stacked icons 'waiting to be seen'. Doesn't make sense. And what about the colours on the list below. It used to be an alternate of blue & white. But now that too has been removed!
Try the Inspector (hold the option key while doing Get Info). It's probably exactly what you want.
That shouldn't be hidden away like that!
I really don't like the cover flow. The icons, unlike those in iOS and album arts, have their own "3D" in it. Like the dictionary it portraits a dictionary which is 3D by itself. They are just trying to use the skewing in album art coverflow and bring it here? Doesn't look good to me.
CoverFlow is pointless in the Finder. It's nothing more than a gimmick. Does anyone actually use it?
i am sorry, but i don't understand apple anymore. they are not making the new OS better, they make it worse. maybe we will one day end up having iOs on macs, and no more os x. i am suprised apple has not close the os x like they did in iOs.
maybe we will one day end up having iOs on macs, and no more os x.
The crux of the Mac OS XI argument since 2003.
i am suprised apple has not close the os x like they did in iOs.
Stop being facetious.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
If I'm in Cover Flow view then why also display the text below it? It's merging Cover Flow with a list type view. It's redundant and does nothing to help me find an application! Plus it just needlessly eats up more system resources!
If a view is actually useful then it should stand on it's own merits. By also including a list view in the same window it's basically saying that Cover Flow is useless.
I have to agree with the poster above. I rarely, if ever use spotlight, simply because it lacks basic file info (and pressing Command I on every potential file to see 'where' it's located isn't useful.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
Command + J gives you a few more choices.
I have to agree with the poster above. I rarely, if ever use spotlight, simply because it lacks basic file info (and pressing Command I on every potential file to see 'where' it's located isn't useful.
I really wish they would include the ability to let you add/remove column so you could simply customize what information is displayed in the search results rather than offering more views with more of the same information. I don't need new ways to display it, but rather new ways to display new information like file path, dimensions for images, etc.
Exactly.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews...-x-10-5.ars/12
See the video with the 2 folders, Folder A and Folder B.
I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons.
I think I know why Apple has decided to do this.
It would be somewhat distracting to have colored icons in the sidebar competing for attention with the icons on the right, especially if you're dealing with smaller icons.
I'm not trying to invalidate your preference; just explaining why I think Apple made this design decision.
THIS might be 'The Thing' I've been byatching about for few years
Returning us to 'Search/Result/Window' capabilities we had until 10.4
But again, probably took a while to now incorporate with Spotlight - intro'd in 10.5
And knowing OSX Finder's Relational Database is One Complicated Puppy™
Do it the Apple Way - Simple and Elegant
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Looking forward to a 'Test Drive'
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Coverflow, well, I never liked it since it first came out. I'm never gonna use it, and I am glad they are not pushing it, and providing newer ways of sorting my stuff in Finder.
I don't like that Apple has stripped the color out of all the sidebar icons. I don't like it in iTunes, and I don't like it in the Finder. Just another thing I'll have to patch all the time, I guess.
I find it depressing and drab. What would be perfect is to just have the Sidebar icon that shows your location be bright and colorful so you can easily see where you are.
Which is better, this sidebar from iTunes 9:
Or this new "Lion-Like" sidebar from iTunes 10:
After I saw that, I uninstall iTunes 10 and have stuck with 9.
I find it depressing and drab. What would be perfect is to just have the Sidebar icon that shows your location be bright and colorful so you can easily see where you are.
Which is better, this sidebar from iTunes 9:
Or this new "Lion-Like" sidebar from iTunes 10:
After I saw that, I uninstall iTunes 10 and have stuck with 9.
The stripping of colour from the sidebar is to my mind a good example of style trumping usability. Yes it looks cleaner and less busy without those differently-coloured icons, but the colour of the icons was a visual cue that made it faster and easier find the icon you're looking for. It's not a big deal but it is a minor setback in usability, at least for me.
Anyone know the rationale behind icons not re-flowing to fit a window when you change its size? They stay where they are and move off screen. Any hope of that being changed in Lion?
I'm certain it's just a bug.
The stripping of colour from the sidebar is to my mind a good example of style trumping usability. Yes it looks cleaner and less busy without those differently-coloured icons, but the colour of the icons was a visual cue that made it faster and easier find the icon you're looking for. It's not a big deal but it is a minor setback in usability, at least for me.
All but three of them were blue. It's really no different.