[analogika]

Drag and drop across Exposé.

[adamfishercox]

yeah, but you still need to have both windows open. I want to be able to have one window open, "cut" the file, go to the destination folder, and paste it. I'm content with the drag and drop spring loaded folders, but a cut and paste type thing would be nice.

[pheonixash]

Either way, you need to finally open the destination folder. How does it matter whether you cut the files earlier and then open it, or just open them both and then drag and drop? And with Expose & spring-loaded folders, I don't really think it's an issue anymore. The only other desirable feature would be a spring-loaded dock.

[adamfishercox]

It's just a time issue anymore, the spring loaded folders take a second to open.

[besson3c]

In my opinion, the copy and paste thing is an issue of usability and consistency, not of utility.

[sushiism]

Originally Posted by pheonixash 

Either way, you need to finally open the destination folder. How does it matter whether you cut the files earlier and then open it, or just open them both and then drag and drop? And with Expose & spring-loaded folders, I don't really think it's an issue anymore. The only other desirable feature would be a spring-loaded dock.

I think pheonixash has nailed it, cut+paste in Explorer is a band aid over the poor window management in windows and general poorness of explorer

[analogika]

Originally Posted by pheonixash 

The only other desirable feature would be a spring-loaded dock.

Both stacks and Docked folders (as well as folders WITHIN stacks and within docked folders) are now spring-loaded, as of Leopard previews.

[adamfishercox]

Yay!!

[krove]

Originally Posted by analogika 

Drag and drop across Exposé.

You can do this in Tiger. Click and hold [something], hit F9, F10, or F11, drag mouse over window you want, wait (or press space bar to get the window you want quicker), drop. I use this all the time.

[adamfishercox]

He was talking about Tiger. But yeah, it's cool.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by krove 

You can do this in Tiger. Click and hold [something], hit F9, F10, or F11, drag mouse over window you want, wait (or press space bar to get the window you want quicker), drop. I use this all the time.

Or hot corners, which is what they were talking about, specifically.

I use this all the time, too.

[himself]

Regarding "identities" in Mail, I can get this done in Tiger (if I understand what you're getting at)... I have all of my individual email accounts (about 12 of them) nested under the main inbox, so I can check them all at once or individually.

When I go to compose a new email, I can access a drop-down menu of each of my email accounts from which I want to send the message. And if you want to have a different name for any specific email account, go to the account preferences and specify the name to be used for that account ("Full Name" under the "Account Information" tab), and that's the name that will be displayed when you send a message from that account.

You can also choose which accounts get checked for new mail automatically, and which ones don't. In the Mail prefs, go to the account in question and select "Advanced" and check (or uncheck) "Include when automatically checking for new mail."

As far as other features I'd like to see, I just want an easy way to sync info between machines and online that doesn't require .Mac.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by himself 

Regarding "identities" in Mail, I can get this done in Tiger (if I understand what you're getting at)... I have all of my individual email accounts (about 12 of them) nested under the main inbox, so I can check them all at once or individually.

When I go to compose a new email, I can access a drop-down menu of each of my email accounts from which I want to send the message. And if you want to have a different name for any specific email account, go to the account preferences and specify the name to be used for that account ("Full Name" under the "Account Information" tab), and that's the name that will be displayed when you send a message from that account.

That isn't multiple identities, but simply setting separate names for separate email accounts. Multiple identities will allow you to set separate names within the *same* email account. This is desirable for many people and more so than creating separate accounts, particularly in work settings where one is involved with several different organizations.

[gperks]

shinji said: >Safari

> -Saving an image/movie/etc. should have an option of where to save, not just the location I specify in preference

You can - just hold down the Alt key, right-click on the item. Instead of Download... you get Download As... and can choose the download folder.

[Kevin]

• A consistent GUI. If 10.5 just had that, I would buy it just for that. Apple use it's own GUI rules for 3rd party developers. For example, many of Apple's OWN iApps use it's own internal GUI instead of relying on the Extras.rsrc like Apple has requested and promoted other 3rd parties to do. "Do what we say, not what we do" I guess.

• Better "labels" I don't like the way labels highlight the NAME, and not the FOLDER. I know there is a 3rd party hack to make this happen, but I don't like hacks of the sort that patch the system like APE hacks do.

• Finder remembering a single default Window preference. And then if you change it for a specific folder, remember it as well.

• Applescript be recordable like it was in OS 9. (You used to be able to hit "record" in OS 9, do some Finder task, or do something in a application that supported Applescript and it would write the script for you)



I am sure the list goes on..

[adamfishercox]

The third one is in Leopard.

[.Neo]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

• Finder remembering a single default Window preference. And then if you change it for a specific folder, remember it as well.

Not entirely sure what you mean, but if I understand correctly Mac OS X Leopard has that. You can set folders to always open with a certain view like icons, list, columns or Cover Flow.

[Kevin]

Well good then. 1 out of four so far.

[- - e r i k - -]

Automator has recordable actions AFAIK (in Leopard at least).

And 10.5 is a hell of a lot more unified than 10.4 was

And as for Labels, usability-wise the larger highlight is much more usable. It took me a while to adjust too, but all in all I much prefer the Mac OS X way.

[Kevin]

I would maybe if you could mess with the colors..

And I'll have to check out Automator. And being more unified than 10.4 isn't saying much...