27 Sep 2009, 17:14
FinderPop 2.2.3.1 THRILLSEEKER BETA "Thirty days hath September" is now available.
(It fixes the click-in-unused-menubar problem in the older 2.2.3 TSB, which is still available here. I was able to reproduce the problem only by faffing around with screen resolutions and placement, hopefully that was the core issue affecting some people.)
This interim release is to provide a bit more Snow-Leopard (10.6) compatibility. If you don't use 10.6, or aren't willing to put up with what is undeniably beta-level software, this version is not for you.
Please DON'T PUBLICISE THIS as it's waay too early to inflict on your average user.
Highlights:
* STILL NO CONTEXTUAL MENU SUPPORT… however...
* Click in unused portion of menubar now works in both 64-bit and 32-bit apps.
* Command-control-clicking a window or the Desktop in the Finder will bring up a Contents menu - if there is NOTHING selected in that window. If there is something selected, you'll have to de-select it before Cmd-Ctrl-Clicking will work. (This is to avoid confusion - I'm still figuring out how to get the item clicked on in the Finder so that Cmd-Ctrl-Clicking works better - my Services hack does not work all the time.) Note that the "Must be a control-click"' in the FP prefpane may also need to be taken into account - mine is off.
* SNOW LEOPARD ONLY (no 10.4/10.5)
* 386 ONLY (no PPC)
[Edit-20091004] Another thing which might screw up FP's notion of "is this click in an unused menubar area" is the translucency of the menubar combined with an irregular pattern on your desktop (eg, a photo.) If you can't get menubar popups in FinderPop, you could try turning off menubar translucency in System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Saver -> Desktop.
Still working on extending the contextual menus in the Finder...
Relevant bits from last episode:
- The FinderPop "Processes" submenu now tells you if an app is 64-bit when you Cmd-Option to get info on it
--turly
Next up is the FinderPop core rewrite in Cocoa...
I will eventually pull everything together into a 10.4/10.5/10.6-compatible release.
As usual, if there are any issues with this: http://www.fnarr.net/fp
30 Sep 2009, 17:32
Hi
I am very glad!!! Clicking in the menu bar shows FinderPop elements again, even in 64 bits mode. Great work !!
Thank you.
30 Sep 2009, 23:15
I just updated the main post on this page with the 2.2.3.1 beta to fix the click-in-unused-menubar problem that some people were having. As usual, let me know if I screwed up... again
27 Oct 2009, 09:12
This beta version don't work on my imac and my MB.
I'm very glad ...
30 Oct 2009, 05:47
As usual, this is just great stuff. Getting FinderPop to work at all, in Snow Leopard, is just unbelievable. Turly your are the bee's knees
Thanks so very much for all your hard work. All of us Mac users are just so freakin' lucky to have you in our world.
Thanks again, and keep up the good work!
Kenny
07 Nov 2009, 06:23
Hey Turly,
Thank you for returning our most sorely missed program since Snow Leopard began.
You're amazing!!!
07 Nov 2009, 15:48
Mine is NOT working
The INDISPENSIBLE 'empty menu bar' is death!Is there a way to send a configuration report that can help?
07 Nov 2009, 16:03
Bongiorno GianMarco:
Did you see the bit about turning off Translucent Menu Bars on the announcement page?
[Edit-20091004] Another thing which might screw up FP's notion of "is this click in an unused menubar area" is the translucency of the menubar combined with an irregular pattern on your desktop (eg, a photo.) If you can't get menubar popups in FinderPop, you could try turning off menubar translucency in System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Saver -> Desktop.
10 Nov 2009, 11:30
It works again if you turn off Translucent Menu Bars.
Szurke
10 Nov 2009, 13:07
Hi turly,
in my MacBookPro with Snow 10.6.1 before and 10.6.2 now, Finder Pop will work (sigh) only for the cmd-ctrl-clik on a window
all the other options not (twice sigh)
adriano
12 Nov 2009, 12:40
Should have another beta ready to go by the end of this weekend. I've made decent progress with my Carbon-to-Cocoa layer (even though I'm typing one-handed!) It will still be far from complete but should be much more usable than the current beta.
I get my stitches out tonight, and hopefully they'll allow me to get rid of the sling. It's only when you're forced to type one-handed that you realise that -- for English at any rate -- QWERTY is very biased towards the left hand, at least 60:40 I'd say
16 Nov 2009, 00:35
Should have another beta ready to go by the end of this weekend.
Where by "end of this weekend" I mean later today, Monday 16 November :-)
I have a new Snow-Leopard beta version (again, Thrillseekers only) almost ready to release but I want to bash on it myself first, there's a lot of new Cocoa code in there and I'd like to limit the embarrassment factor etc.
Just now back to typing two-handed, it makes a big difference.
Check back later tonight, all going well... and as usual,
Have Fun!
15 Nov 2011, 10:49
Does it goes only with PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later ??
15 Nov 2011, 17:00
So you're asking about a two-year old release of FinderPop? Are you serious?
Try the officially-released 2.4.1 which works on 10.4+ PPC and Intel...