Re: The Top Secret Feature!

"nospamatall" <nospamatall@xxxxxx> stated in post ffvnbg$ja$1@xxxxxxxx on
10/27/07 9:00 AM:

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I believe this is fairly common. It works, and it's about as close
to the Start Menu as you can get on Tiger.

I am the only one I know with so many items set up like that... and even I
rarely use it any more. Still, I doubt I am the only one, and it still
comes in handy when I forget the name of an app.

Mine is exactly like that (except dock at side) and I will miss being
able to get to any app very fast. Same thing for Document folder. I
hardly ever use the finder windows. I used to use FinderPop in pre-os x.
That's the nearest I could get.

If you look at my video you will see I have a common folder I need to get to
- and it is set up the same way with sub-folders. Leopard will change my
methods some - I hope not for the worse. I will have to play and see.

[snip]
So forget putting your 'Applications' folder down there.
Or even an organized list of aliases. That is a bummer.
You can fit a few aliases in there, but then you don't need
a menu for that.

I was thinking like my list of aliases...

I'm hoping they will put back the option to do this. I wouldn't like
using spotlight. I hate it. Too much functionality I don't need.

I use the free "Namely" to open apps.

I chose to be well-organised a long time ago, I think knowing pretty much
where everything is (or at least being able to work out eaisily where things
I've forgotten are) is a Good Thing.

It is possible, if you are careful about where you put things and how
you name them originally. But if interface things continue along this
line there will be little point. As long as the system can compensate
for lack of organisation (as the iPhoto etc gui does) it's fine, but
when things go wrong you are screwed if this trend goes much further.

I can see your concern, but am not as concerned. I simply do not see this
much in the real world. What I see is that people become fairly comfortable
that they can find their files and then venture out to learn files and
folders. It always amazes me how many 'advanced" Windows users are clueless
here. I teach a Dreamweaver class which often has about 1/3 Mac users, and
consistently they know where their files are... which is anything but true
for the Windows users. In many semesters of this I cannot think of a single
Mac users who has shown the same confusion - though there may have been a
small number. With Windows it is quite common (though not so common I would
call it the norm).



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