Some changes for 10.3

[koim]

Here are some things I find sorely missing in OSX:

1. Ability to rename/replace files from the save dialog. Now you have to type in the name of the original file, that?s a waste of time.

2. Better use of contextual menus.
Especially thinking of the desktop, in OS9 i could clean up the desktop in 2 secs. by just right clicking anywhere and selecting "clean up".

3. "One directory up" button in the finder toolbar. C?mon! That?s annoying!

4. Cut and paste file management.
What?s the point of just being able to copy something. Now I have to go back and delete the original file if I use this method.

[chabig]

1. Ability to rename/replace files from the save dialog. Now you have to type in the name of the original file, that?s a waste of time.

Are you thinking of Save As...? I hadn't noticed this behavior because if I don't want to change the name, I use Save, not Save As...

3. "One directory up" button in the finder toolbar. C?mon! That?s annoying!

This is already there. That's exactly what the back button does. The back button is not in the default toolbar, but that's what customization if for. Go to View -> Customize Toolbar and put the button in your toolbar.

Chris

[Arden]

Finally, thank you! This is exactly the kind of stuff I wanted to come from this thread. No OS is or ever will be perfect, but with suggestions like these we can work on achieving perfection in our fave.

What I want to do is turn all of these suggestions into a database on my website using PHP and MySQL, where people can vote if they like a change or not, and suggest new changes in a form. The problem: I know little about PHP, and less about MySQL. If anyone would like to help me in this endeavor, I welcome any suggestions/code.

[koim]

Originally posted by chabig
Are you thinking of Save As...? I hadn't noticed this behavior because if I don't want to change the name, I use Save, not Save As...

No, I mean that when you click a file in the save dialog, it?s name automatically dislpays in the "save as" field.

This is already there. That's exactly what the back button does. The back button is not in the default toolbar, but that's what customization if for. Go to View -> Customize Toolbar and put the button in your toolbar.

Chris

No, the back button doesn?t necessarily do that. If you access some directories that aren?t hieracherly placed (did I spell it right?). You will simply go to the last folder you were in.

[hulkaros]

Originally posted by koim
No, the back button doesn?t necessarily do that. If you access some directories that aren?t hieracherly placed (did I spell it right?). You will simply go to the last folder you were in.

...troubles, or so I think :
-Press Apple (command) + Click in the title bar and...
Boom! Here lies the hierarchy of your folders

However, I would like this to be available by:
-Hold Click
-Right Click
-Ctrl Click

[koim]

Aha, cool. But this is also accessible through a menu item. I want a simple button that will take you up one directory.

[serpicolugnut]

Thanks koim - you reminded me of a point I'd forgotten about...

Contextual menus in the Finder need to have "Clean Up" and "Arrange by..." added back. Why these were removed I'll never know, but they are sorely missed.

Again, 99% of the Finder's issues could be resolved if Apple would hire Steve Gehrman and buy Path Finder. This guy, all by himself, has outdone what the entire OS X Finder team at Apple has done. He should be on the Apple payroll.

[hulkaros]

Originally posted by koim
Aha, cool. But this is also accessible through a menu item. I want a simple button that will take you up one directory.

Customize the toolbar to include the Path Button which enables you to have the hierarchy on the toolbar without having to click this and that

I think the up one level only button is somewhat false method because you actually don't know where exactly you will land after clicking it (this mostly will happen if your workflow is somewhat speedy)... However, no problem with me if Apple will include it as an option