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zachs · Jan 8, 2003, 08:39 PM

So I added a bookmarks drawer to Safari.
Screenshot

Whadda ya think?

KidRed · Jan 8, 2003, 08:41 PM

Nothing against you time and effort or the thought that went into it, but the bookmark drawer was really lame and clumsy in OW and Chimera so I'm very happy to use Apple's iTune frames.

zachs · Jan 8, 2003, 08:44 PM

The regular bookmarks still work.
It also took about a minute to do.

I duuno, I just like the drawer better.

Jasoco · Jan 9, 2003, 12:52 AM

How? How'd you do it?

Liquidity X · Jan 9, 2003, 02:06 AM

I think if that added both it would cover every one

I perosnaly like the new setup, but it would be nice ot have a drawer to be able to jump over quickly and edit em i guess...

juanvaldes · Jan 9, 2003, 02:14 AM

Originally posted by zachs:
The regular bookmarks still work.
It also took about a minute to do.

I duuno, I just like the drawer better.

yes, please tell. I am giving Safari a fair shot and I prefer the drawer so I can still browse.

undotwa · Jan 9, 2003, 02:47 AM

It's simple. All he did was add a drawer window to the nib file making the browser window the parent, put a list view in, connected the UI for the list view with the bookmarks database and added a toggle for the drawer in the menu bar.

Jasoco · Jan 9, 2003, 02:55 AM

Originally posted by undotwa:
It's simple. All he did was add a drawer window to the nib file making the browser window the parent, put a list view in, connected the UI for the list view with the bookmarks database and added a toggle for the drawer in the menu bar.

LOL...

Easier said than done!

KaptainKaya · Jan 9, 2003, 06:22 AM

Originally posted by undotwa:
It's simple. All he did was add a drawer window to the nib file making the browser window the parent, put a list view in, connected the UI for the list view with the bookmarks database and added a toggle for the drawer in the menu bar.

Oh is that all?

Just upload your modified file for us to download...you know, the ones that have no idea how to do this!!

zachs · Jan 11, 2003, 12:37 PM

Ok, I've been a bit busy.

So here's a sit file with the modified .Nib file and instructions.

Download

alex_kac · Jan 11, 2003, 02:18 PM

The power of Cocoa. Truly. This can be done in about 5-10 minutes, even by somebody who just read a Cocoa book the previous day and knows very little about programming.

Jasoco · Jan 11, 2003, 02:23 PM

That's a pretty good start.

I wonder though. I'm gonna try and move that BookMarks Folder List (The other list you see when clicking the Bookmarks button) into the drawer too and instead of using the Bug button, use the BookMarks button to open the drawer. That would be a better solution and wouldn't remove the useful bug report button.

zachs · Jan 11, 2003, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by alex_kac:
The power of Cocoa. Truly. This can be done in about 5-10 minutes, even by somebody who just read a Cocoa book the previous day and knows very little about programming.

Actually, you don't even need to program
anything, other than connecting a few outlets.

Even easier.

clebin · Jan 11, 2003, 03:20 PM

Wow. I didn't realise this kind of stuff was possible with Cocoa apps... Don't like the bookmarks drawer either, but bloody impressive nonetheless.

Chris

zachs · Jan 11, 2003, 03:25 PM

I change apps all the time.

Usually its little stuff...like I also made the Add Bookmarks sheet a bit wider in Safari. Nothing big, but I just thought it was too narrow.

Jasoco · Jan 11, 2003, 03:29 PM

I removed Metal from iChat and made the controls take up less space than they did. The metal was just wasting so much space. I had to get rid of it. Now, if iChat's metal looked like Safari I'd be so happy. But Metallifizing it just doesn't work. The metal doesn't look the same.

zachs · Jan 11, 2003, 03:40 PM

I wish I could remove the brushed metal
from the iChat message windows...

I know where they are, they problem is
that they are a custom view (like iPhoto or
iTunes), and so it isn't as easy.

ReggieX · Jan 11, 2003, 04:32 PM

Nice bit of hacking there!

However, I hate drawers, so won't be using it. They're too small to be that useful, and OmniWeb's had a stupid habit of making everything folders when simply trying to reorganize the bookmarks.

Safari's iTunes-like way is sooo much better than anything else I've used.

Jasoco · Jan 11, 2003, 09:14 PM

Originally posted by zachs:
I wish I could remove the brushed metal
from the iChat message windows...

I know where they are, they problem is
that they are a custom view (like iPhoto or
iTunes), and so it isn't as easy.

Can't do that short of using Metallifizer. iChat automatically adds the metal look to newly spawned IM windows. You can't just turn it off in the .nib.