[John A. Smith]

I hope that one of the upcoming killer-features in Mac OS 10.4 is the Desktop Bowl. I want to be able to place icons into a bowl on my desktop, and then be able to take them out when I need them. This is a more intuitive way of working with documents, because a bowl represents simplicity and organisation. But I cannot wait for 10.4 to come out, so where can I download a third-party Desktop Bowl? Thanks.

[John A. Smith]

like this

[RevEvs]

bowls are not organised in any way. unless u call emptying a bowl all out to find something organised.

id also like to vote for this as stupid idea of the day! (no offence John A. Smith)

revs

[John B. Smith]

Originally posted by RevEvs:


bowls are not organised in any way

yes they are, look:



See you can have different types of bowls for different types of documents, and you can just empty them out on your desktop when you need your document.

[mishap]

Make a new folder on the desktop
Rename it to "Desktop Bowl"
Move all your folder and documents into this folder
Look in the "Desktop Bowl" when you need something you think you put in there.

[Moonray]

... and give it an appropriate icon:

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[RevEvs]

Originally posted by mishap:
Make a new folder on the desktop
Rename it to "Desktop Bowl"
Move all your folder and documents into this folder
Look in the "Desktop Bowl" when you need something you think you put in there.

and to make it more bowl like you need to set the folder to something like "sort by: random"

revs

[Developer]

Originally posted by RevEvs:
and to make it more bowl like you need to set the folder to something like "sort by: random"

You can use the power of AppleScript to do this. Write a folder action script that shuffles icon positions whenever the folder is opened.

[SupahCoolX]

Wouldn't a Random sorter be counterintuitive to an app called "Finder"?

[Maflynn]

Originally posted by John A. Smith:
I hope that one of the upcoming killer-features in Mac OS 10.4 is the Desktop Bowl. I want to be able to place icons into a bowl on my desktop, and then be able to take them out when I need them. This is a more intuitive way of working with documents, because a bowl represents simplicity and organisation. But I cannot wait for 10.4 to come out, so where can I download a third-party Desktop Bowl? Thanks.

I have to say thats one of the least organized methods and I cannot see apple ever doing this, in fact I never heard of this until this posting. Why not just use a folder, like, I don't know a picture folder to "take them out when I need them"

Mike

[ShotgunEd]

Thanks for that John A. That suggestion gave me the best laugh I've had all week.

[John B. Smith]

Originally posted by ShotgunEd:
Thanks for that John A. That suggestion gave me the best laugh I've had all week.

These threads are usually for my own amusement (see: Signing Other People Offline ), but I'm glad that other people occasionally find them funny too.

[mishap]

Originally posted by John B. Smith:
These threads are usually for my own amusement (see: Signing Other People Offline ), but I'm glad that other people occasionally find them funny too.

You are so f*cking clever!

[John A. Smith]

Originally posted by mishap:
You are so f*cking clever!

Please, please, take this kind of language to the lounge.

[mishap]

Originally posted by John A. Smith:
Please, please, take this kind of language to the lounge.

you could take your topics there as well...
i'll meet you outside