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Spaceman wrote:

Well, in OSX, if a folder is partly off screen and you drag a file to it, it does come fully into view.

Which is kind of the same thing, except for the tabbed bit.

Which was great.

Which I miss.

Kinda. Only used spring loaded folders to launch apps-had the view set to buttons. Was a dock ahead of it's time my old G3. Do I get a credit from that Cupertino lot?

Do I...!

I think you're confusing spring-loaded folders with pop-up folders (where you drag a folder to the edge of the screen and it turns into a tab).

Macskeeball wrote:

I take it you haven't used OS 9?

Drag and drop and item onto a folder, hold it for a few seconds, and the folder opens so that you can place the item into it. What were talking about is having this with folders in the Dock.

Well OS X does that, doesn't it (or is a spacebar click required now)?

(I did use OS 9, yes)

Macskeeball wrote:

bratboy wrote:

Macskeeball wrote:

I take it you haven't used OS 9?

Drag and drop and item onto a folder, hold it for a few seconds, and the folder opens so that you can place the item into it. What were talking about is having this with folders in the Dock.

Well OS X does that, doesn't it (or is a spacebar click required now)?

(I did use OS 9, yes)

But does it do that with folders in the Dock?

....I meant that OS X had such folders (meaning experience with OS 9 wouldn't be necessary).

No, obviously folders within the dock do not behave in this way.  No rhetorical question necessary.

Macskeeball wrote:

bratboy wrote:

Macskeeball wrote:

But does it do that with folders in the Dock?

....I meant that OS X had such folders (meaning experience with OS 9 wouldn't be necessary).

Spring loaded folders in the Dock is what is currently being discussed in this thread. OS 9 experience is necessary because OS 9 had a feature that was similar to that (spring loadable tabs).

Spring loaded folders is more like spring folders in the dock then it is spring loaded tabs.

MacBoy4139 wrote:

One great thing of Spring Loaded Folders not mentioned here is that if you have a big folder, say the User folder, and want to go a few levels down, you could.  When it was done, it would go away.  That way you didn't have to start say, at the HD level.

I would go even further to say that's the primary use of spring loaded folders.

It is a shame that docked folders do not behave in this way, cause this is one of my favorite features (in the general sense) from Classic Mac OS.  Every now and then, I find myself instinctively holding an item over a docked folder, waiting for it to open; sadly, it never does.  So much for intuition.  But Apple can be a bit slow when it comes to stuff like this, so I remain optimistic for Leopard.  Afterall, we didn't get labels until Panther

Last edited by Mr. T (2006-08-10 12:32 am)

andrewlogan wrote:

there are a lot of features that weren't covered in the keynote, such as iChat's ability to share your screen with someone, and collaborate on one computer through iChat...frankly I don't see how this is going to work out given how pixelated video chats are...

Video chats are pixelated because webcams are all horribly low quality. Screen sharing obviously wouldn't use the webcam.

WOW!!!!

What's the significance of some of those pictures? I don't know what the new features would be.

Aqua OS X wrote:

Apple Insider is also claiming resolution independence will also be a feature... but I don't see anything to support that claim.

That would be a -huge- feature, as well as something developers would need to know about ASAP.

okay a lot of folks are talking about this and I don't get it.  why is this so great/neat/important?

Here a rundown of the images on the site wph posted.

Time Machine Pref Pane Icon
Time Machine Pref Pane
Time Machine Pref Pane backup destination dialog
Time Machine Pref Pane Time Schedule Popup Menu
Time Machine Pref Pane Day Schedule Popup Menu
Help Spotlight Search
Webclip Widget Creation
Webclip Widget Option
Time Machine Interface
Photobooth Toolbar (Unified interface)
Photobooth Annotation
Mail Stationary in standalone window
About this Mac
iCal Weekly Interface
iCal Account Preferences
iCal Advanced Preferences
iCal General Preferences
Spaces (4 Desktops)
Spaces Pref Pane
Spaces Pref Pane (16 Desktop layout)
Spaces (16 Desktops)
Spaces Pref Pane Navigation Popup Menu
Spaces Pref Pane Direct Navigation Popup Menu
User Account Pref Pane with new Group option in popup menu
User Account Pref Pane Group window
User Account Pref Pane Guest Account Window
Laptop battery replacement purchase menu option
Desktop & Screensaver Pref Pane RSS Screensaver Dialog
Desktop & Screensaver Pref Pane RSS Screensaver Dialog Feed Popup Menu
Desktop & Screensaver Pref Pane RSS Screensaver Dialog Feed Checklist
Dock Pref Pane with spring loaded item control
User Account Pref Pane Sharing Accounts window
Safari with Webclip toolbar button & Preferences window
Address Book LDAP Preference Dialog
Activity Monitor Network Screen
Directory Service Utility
Desktop Contextual Menu with Smart Folder, "Create Disk Image from", and "Burn disk from" options
Desktop View Options with Grid Spacing option

Donkey Butter wrote:

Aqua OS X wrote:

Apple Insider is also claiming resolution independence will also be a feature... but I don't see anything to support that claim.

That would be a -huge- feature, as well as something developers would need to know about ASAP.

okay a lot of folks are talking about this and I don't get it.  why is this so great/neat/important?

For a couple of reasons.  First, screen resolutions (in terms of pixels per inch) are constantly increasing and everything looks smaller than it used to, especially on some of the extra-sharp lapop screens (not necessarily Apple-made).  This is especially annoying since my school (as many other institutions) runs its LCDs in below-native resolutions for exactly this reason (and we all know how much non-native sucks on LCDs).  Secondly, I'm tired of explaining to people who use on-screen rulers in their apps why an inch on the screen isn't really an inch.  This of course applies to fonts as well.

gozer wrote:

GRID SPACING

I noticed that too.  Good find ScifiterX.  At the pace Apple's going, the OS X Finder will be on par with that of OS 9 by the year 2026.