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actually your post just gave me an idea...  and I like it.


A new view option to stacks could be, yes, Cover Flow.

It'd work just like Grid, but with a little cover flow action, and hey, even a scroll bar.  Even cooler, it could cycle based on where you hover over it, or with your mouse enabling click-gestures like on the iPhone.  Seeing as touchscreen Macs seem inevitable, I think this idea will come around eventually. 

The other idea I had was "Wheel," which would be either a vertical or horizontal ellipse which would scroll with your scroll wheel [sorta like Events in iPhoto].

::runs to patent office::

Last edited by iThinkIam (2007-12-20 7:11 pm)

Mr. T wrote:

Ha, nice try jackass.  I'm not biting...

And furthermore, if you have any intention of reaching your 400th post, it'll be a good idea to cease being a complete ass - and not just to me.. I've noticed a pattern of behavior with you.  I'd be very surprised if you actually had any friends in real life; cuz your personality ain't all that appealing..

That's true, I should try to be more classy and calm like you.  I really don't think you speculating on my life in the real world based on my posts makes much sense, but then I'm not the one whose really making an ass of myself.

Try to stay on topic, lest someone as classy as yourself comes along and asks you to stop trolling.

Last edited by iThinkIam (2007-12-20 7:54 pm)

Seriously, COVER FLOW IN STACKS.

I guess I'm just a Stacks FANBOI.

Wake me up when they return Spotlight to its former Tiger usefulness.

For the love of GOD, Apple. Please return Spotlight to its TIGER state!

Jasoco wrote:

Wake me up when they return Spotlight to its former Tiger usefulness.

For the love of GOD, Apple. Please return Spotlight to its TIGER state!

Spotlight was useless in Tiger too.

matt wrote:

more or less...

I might've lost the forest for the trees.  We're actually saying the same thing, believe it or not...

Short Version
I agree with what you wrote earlier about how stacks and dock folders should work (with the addition of spring-loaded menus).  But we should also have legacy support for proponents of the current behavior.  I'd also like to improve this behavior with the addition of icon resizing, scrolling and navigation (we have the latter two in menu view).


Long Version

My definition of a "stack" is exactly what you proposed earlier as a "real" stack.  So I know we agree on that - it was your idea!!!

matt wrote:

Oh, and if Apple would add real Stacks(meaning a bunch of files/folders from different locations dropped into the dock and represented by one dock icon), that wold be a plus.

My "hierarchal menu" view is exactly what you proposed earlier with one added feature: the ability to drag items through the hierarchy.  Think "spring-loaded menu" instead of "spring-loaded Finder window."  If you like springs, then we agree on this as well.

matt wrote:

I think those of us who hated Stacks would be content with the old menu system and added spring-loadedness(?).

So I know we at least agree on (1), (a), (b), and (b1).

That leaves icon view, list view, and fan view.  Well you know what?  I agree with you that these are useless.  So why did I bother mentioning them?  Because icon view (aka Grid View) and fan view are already there, and some people like them.  So why should I kill off features that some people like, so long as I don't have to use them?  Isn't that why we're here?-- Apple killed off a feature we liked.

Given that, do you think a person who likes grid and fan view would like my changes to these views? (I'm really asking).  Please be specific.   Note that all I'm really adding to these views is icon resizing, scrolling, and navigation (the latter two, we already have in menu view).

Really, the only part of my post that's coming from left field is the "hierarchal list" view.  I threw this in for the sake of completion.  We have a menu view and an icon view, why not a list view?  I'll leave this question open:  Would anybody find this useful?

Last edited by Mr. T (2007-12-21 1:43 am)

rufio wrote:

I thought that would be a cool feature, be able to add my last-modified projects from 5 different folders and put them in a stack on my dock to get to them easily, no hierarchal menu system or double clicking involved.

Apple demoed an early version of stacks that worked that way.  Your thoughts were justified. The way stacks were supposed to be.

Stacks?   Is that in Tiger?   Where is that?

Mr. T wrote:

Apple demoed an early version of stacks that worked that way.  Your thoughts were justified. The way stacks were supposed to be.

Wow, 'Stacks' is a much more appropriate name for that function.  That would be useful, I wonder why they got rid of it.

I also suspect there was an issue when it came to using it for dynamic content like folders. Notice they didn't ever just drag a folder into the stack. It was always documents or applications in any of the old demonstrations.

Yes, exactly!  That's pretty much what I was trying to say before, except the message got lost in a pile of jargon.

Mr. T wrote:

rufio wrote:

I thought that would be a cool feature, be able to add my last-modified projects from 5 different folders and put them in a stack on my dock to get to them easily, no hierarchal menu system or double clicking involved.

Apple demoed an early version of stacks that worked that way.  Your thoughts were justified. The way stacks were supposed to be.

Thanks for that link. I'm glad I know I am not a crack head and that's what the idea of a "stack" is supposed to be. Hah.

For the time being, I will continue to use my dock for a little as possible, hide it over on the left side, and wait for some piece of shareware to allow this original stacks idea to be implemented, hopefully in Tiger too so I don't have to upgrade.

My leopard disk has been sitting at home collecting dust until I can find a viable reason to upgrade my main machine. It practically put my Mac Mini out of commission, so it's hard to judge when to make the OS jump. I don't remember upgrading to Tiger until 10.4.3, but I do remember getting a copy of Panther right when it came out, that was a HUGE OS upgrade experience-wise.

reece_james wrote:

• A search such as ari .app saf should find Safari as the top hit.

Why would you ever conduct such a search?  I'm not saying that your other points aren't spot-on, but this one just baffles me.