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Quote: Originally Posted by macintoshtoffy Which is a load of crap; choose names that are descriptive and to the point You say "nameS" in plural sense as if the save dialog box has several fields for you to enter different names in. Their is o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss Ah yes, it always comes down to user error. Ha! Exactly. macintoshtoffy the fact is I could give a file the most perfectly logical well thought out name that anyone has ever thought up but if I don't rem…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You also lose out on spatial referencing - very often I will have a collection of say 200 folders and I can't remember any of the names that get me to the content but I can remember that the content was near the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me This is true if you choose non-descriptive file names and if you organize your files poorly or not at all. I am at a loss to see how tags can be of much help in either event. If you lack the skills to properly n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macintoshtoffy I can't work out why there is all this hate about the Finder. It can be very difficult to find files in the finder. Using tags and smart folders is very easy. If one solution works a lot better than a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by stzozo What do you think ? I would use iWeb if it worked more like a social networking site. Without the social networking features I don't think I would have that much use for it. I hope that is it's future.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I have experimented with the tag system with one of the apps you mentioned a while ago and it works well for image collections. Can you tell me what the app was? If I know what you are familiar with I can do …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin . Inevitably you will have duplicate files for separate projects but name them the same so when you browse tags, you get hundreds if not thousands of files with the same name. Marvin from the how you talk it …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I agree that a single window view would be better than what they have. IMO they should use the iTunes setup where the browser part would become column view and the bottom part can be switched between list view a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macintosh_Next Could you at least briefly tell me whats wrong with Finder? If you spend any amount of time tagging files in different programs you begin to realize how much more efficient tagging and smart folders a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You don't for example get an area where a music track, a book, a podcast etc are all grouped together if they are from the same people. Yes you do, you can use smart playlist. I entered in ?everybody? under t…
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?This is where iTunes works well because you want to play music so you filter out anything that's not music by opening iTunes.? No! Actually this isn?t true iTunes holds your music, TV shows, podcasts, books, applications, ringtones, radio channe…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I don't see how the Finder gets phased out. There is a reason I think they may have to go with phasing it out over time. If they go with using tagging as a replacement for folders hierarchies (like you c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by PB Well, I think it is certain that Lion will have a Finder and it is highly probable that this Finder will be almost the same as the one we know today. I guess I have a hard time thinking of what other features tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss I could go on all day about problems with the Finder ?I'd prefer to have my mind blown again with some fresh new concept? Yes I agree that it should be revolutionary rather then evolutionary. Spotlight …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin - if you delete an app, your files go with it - if you want to open one document with multiple apps, it's much harder to do - you can't group common files and projects from multiple apps in one place If any…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss its absence certainly would not break my heart. I feel the same way. I hope Lion adds something like bringing tagging more to the fore front and de-emphasizes folder hierarchies.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I noticed the CS Suite has gone all tabs to avoid multiple windows. That's another thing I don't get about expose, why can't it split tabbed windows apart? There are getting to be so many applications that ar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I can also see toggling among full screen apps as doing the only thing I'd use Spaces for, but with less confusion (since you currently have to try and remember where everything is). Ideally spaces should l…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland There was nothing wrong with Exposé, it was great. Now it's a mess. They could have spend all that energy making a better dock. Well the problem with it to me is that when you would expose all your windows i…