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| A. H. 25 Sep 2012, 15:04 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.4
Thanks, Ronald and Turly. A shorter translation would be: »Dies zeigt lokalisierte Namen anstelle der englischen (kann FP verlangsamen).« Maybe it's time for intel-only development; older FP versions are good enough for PPCs. |
| A. H. 24 Sep 2012, 15:58 | Labels in FinderPop 2.4.4
 There's still something wrong with label positioning in FP2.4.4, OSX.8.2: If you folder-click a folder's content, the x-position is correct, but the y-position is 1px above normal (pic.1).
If you browse through directories, the y-position is correct, but the x-position is 8px right from normal (pic.2).
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| A. H. 24 Sep 2012, 14:17 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.4
Thank you, Turly, enjoy the last days of summer!  Under "Sys. > FinderPop > Erscheinungsbild > Dieselben Dateinamen wie im Finder verwenden" the German sentence "Diese Funktion [...]" is truncated. Where's the complete sentence? (If the translation is too long, I could help you with a shorter one; just give me the English sentence.)
Labels in FinderPop 2.4.4
There's still something wrong with label positioning in FP2.4.4, OSX.8.2: If you folder-click a folder's content, the x-position is correct, but the y-position is 1px above normal (pic.1).
If you browse through directories, the y-position is correct, but the x-position is 8px right from normal (pic.2).
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| A. H. 21 Sep 2012, 21:29 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.4
Yo, I just wanted to let Turly know so that he'll distribute correct UB/intel files in future versions for millions of people. |
| A. H. 21 Sep 2012, 19:09 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.4
Now my Mac is an iMac27" with OSX.8.2, so I found that ToggleFileExtensionfsel-!!! is not intel:
Re: FinderPop 2.4.4
Launch AppleScript Editor. Open the script from the File menu. Do "Save as" (from File menu with option key pressed or hit option-shift-command-S) and save as application. It will be saved as Intel application. |
| A. H. 10 Jul 2012, 01:44 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.4 beta
Hi, Turly. =) Thanks a lot for reacting to viewtopic.php?f=3&t=208&start=0#p904 etc.
Only on 10.6 or higher? My PPC/G5 can run 10.5 maximally. To install 2.4.4b, I doubleclicked it while the SysPrefApp was closed (not running), then I logged out and in again, but: In my 10.5.8, the labelled and unlabelled FP 2.4.4b menu item texts do still not start at the same horizontal offset — see attachment picture.
Re: FinderPop 2.4.4 beta
Yes, on 10.6 and above only. I no longer have a Mac capable of running 10.4/10.5 so I'm a bit leery of touching that Carbon menu labelling code ... |
| A. H. 26 Jun 2012, 02:23 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
No problem. Yo da man. But is it really such a complicated trick "to treat every item in the menu as being labelled with a 'transparent' label"? I mean ... another year has passed, and we all won't live forever. Will there ever be v2.4.4 this summer? ___ TheCure-TheLastDayOfSummer.mp3 |
| A. H. 03 May 2012, 21:08 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.3 beta
Hi; no regressive issues here on my G4/OSX.5.8 ... I tested my FP items and 2.4.3b’s file browsing, moving, trashing, revealing, grabbing (G key), picpreviewing etc. But: All those ugly irritating additional spaces in front of labelled filenames ... viewtopic.php?f=3&t=208#p904 ... still exist.* * Which is an awkward regression compared to ye ole Classic/1990s version of FinderPop.  |
| A. H. 17 Apr 2012, 21:59 | Re: Happy Easter to all
 Yay, I'm lookin fw 2 next FinderPop's eastereggs ... |
| A. H. 02 Mar 2012, 14:51 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
Yo. Will there ever be a next version 2.4.2 this year?  |
| A. H. 11 Jan 2012, 16:00 | Re: Add ability to browse Compressed files
Happy New Year, Turly! Hope you're fine.
Yeah, the classic FinderPop did that. I, too, miss that feature. And I remember there was a possibility to invoke FP by cmd-clicking into a Finder window name. Right? If it's not too time-consuming to implement, then please ... ^^ |
| A. H. 02 Nov 2011, 16:24 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
Thanks! I did as you told me: Now the "unknown" daemon is gone. √ |
| A. H. 01 Nov 2011, 16:03 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
Hi; I hope you've had sweet Halloween. By sheer coincidence I found that there are two finderpop-daemons in my System> Users> StartObjects: One "program" and one "unknown" [see pic.]. Is that normal or should I delete one?
Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
I have no idea what that's about, but you should probably delete both and open the FinderPop system preferences pane, turn FP off and then back on again which should populate the Startup Items properly. It doesn't really matter because only one finderpop-daemon will be running but it's nice to have it all tidied up. |
| A. H. 10 Oct 2011, 17:00 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
 Yeah, would be one cool trick (if this is the easiest way). I'm looking forward to it . . .  |
| A. H. 10 Oct 2011, 16:37 | Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
Hi, Turly! FP2.4.1 runs fine on my OSX.5.8/G4. Just one Ding ... Now labelled filenames look like this: http://postimage.org/image/z218j1xg/ Users must think that those filenames begin with one or two spaces. Very irritating! That's why FP should look like this: http://postimage.org/image/1fxko852c/ Thanks a lot ... (=
Re: FinderPop 2.4.1
I suppose the trick would be to treat every item in the menu as being labelled with a "transparent" label if any item in the menu has a label. I'll have a look next time... |
| A. H. 21 Apr 2011, 20:44 | 2.3.0.3 to 2.3.2.0
Oh! The update checker in my 2.3.0.3b still says it's the newest beta (build 23003), so I missed your 2.3.0.4, 2.3.0.6, 2.3.1.0, 2.3.2.0 beta ... Sorry. Now I installed 2.3.2.0b on the G4 (OSX.5.8) and found no problems: > new "Aliases in Italics" checkbox [my wish "E"] . . . Perfect; thank you, Turly! √ > aliases use the aliases' label [my wish "D"] . . . Perfect; thank you, Turly! √ > maximum number of Recent Items to 16 . . . Better; thank you, Turly! √
As a Mac tutor I'm always recommending FP to all of my students and friends since 1997. Lots of them (including me) often like to see all dotted/invisible items while finderpopping through directories, but normally these items are not shown in Finder windows so that many familiar directories can look very unfamiliar in FP: Folders named "1) XYZ", "2) XYZ" etc. are suddenly not on top anymore because of dotted items, and between "d.jpg" and "e.jpg" suddenly "Desktop DB" and "Desktop DF" appear etc.pp. That's why most people I know (including me) are not using "Appearance > Show invisible items" at all. They leave it switched off, although they would often like to see all invisible items. ;o( The destruction of the familiarness could be avoided by an option that alphabetically lists "normal" items first — and then alphabetically lists dotted/invisible items at the bottom. Turning off this option would mix "normal" and dotted/invisible items together again (for those who prefer the OldSchoolFP/Terminal way). I don't know how complicated it is to implement this option into your programming concept, Turly, but if it is not too time-consuming, then please give it a try: It would additionally improve filebrowsing in FP — and I'm sure you and RonaldPR would use the new option, too.^^ Happy Eastereggs, altogether ... ah |
| A. H. 05 Apr 2011, 02:58 | 2.3.0.3 IS STABLE
Happy New Year, Turly! ^^ Just the two improvements "G.)" and "D.)" ... °_° Pleeease hack'em in. =) |
| A. H. 12 Jul 2010, 01:07 | 2.3
Hi, Turly! Of course you're Irish, but: Congratz to your Spanish Footy World Cup Winners 2010!  The Germans phugged it all up.  Now that your Barcelona players have won, you must (^!^) at least implement suggestions "G.)" and "D.)" finally, which I have already been proposing last year. Pleeeease...  |
| A. H. 29 May 2010, 19:33 | Glad to see 2.3 on MacUpdate.com
This (';') will be my next Halloween smiley! (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') (';') d=(^_^)=b
An option like "[√] Check for beta updates, too" would be so great (for all Very Interested Persons of us).
Ah! The early 80s. I was a kid back then. (And still I am.) Now enjoying: The Cure - A Forest.mp3 Mike Oldfield - Crises.mp3 Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear.mp3 ... etc., but also ... The Killers - When You Were Young.mp3 Coldplay - Glass of Water.mp3 Creed - Time.mp3 ... and fine wine ... Cheerz...^^ |
| A. H. 21 May 2010, 18:36 | Re: FinderPop 2.3.0 BETA
Hi, Turly; no problems found after two stress test days with German FP 2.3.0b on German OSX.5.8 (PPC G4). OK: PrefPane installation and GUI functions OK: FP click with or without ctr key OK: Appearance of all "FP Items", separators etc. in FP contextmenus OK: FP filebrowsing speed OK: FP filebrowsing info (cmd-alt) OK: FP filebrowsing info with big icon (cmd-alt-sft) OK: FP filebrowsing grab function (g) OK: FP filebrowsing trash function (cmd-alt-ctr) OK: FP filebrowsing reveal function (cmd) OK: FP filetransfer dialog functions (move/copy/alias/newfolder) OK: Ctr-free click onto folder shows "folder content only" OK: FP empty-menubar-space click and top-left-corner-click OK: Everything* else (up to MacUpdate.com with it!) *) In 2.2.9b, the word "BuildNumber" was shown in the bottom left corner of my German preferences window, but without the number itself; now in 2.3.0b it says "Build 22783" correctly. P.S.: Why "Burning Metal"? |
| A. H. 17 May 2010, 01:50 | Re: FinderPop 2.2.9 BETA
Why is still nothing else than FinderPop 2.2.4b8 on MacUpdate.com etc.? Please upload the perfectly functioning 2.2.9 there so that much more people will enjoy and betatest it. =) |
| A. H. 06 May 2010, 22:20 | Re: FinderPop 2.2.9 BETA
Yes, Turly, always the German one. |
| A. H. 06 May 2010, 00:16 | Re: FinderPop 2.2.9 BETA
Hi, Turly; no problems found after three stress test days with FP 2.2.9b on OSX.5.8 (PPC G4). OK: PrefPane installation and GUI functions OK: FP click with or without ctr key OK: Appearance of all "FP Items", separators etc. in FP contextmenus OK: FP filebrowsing speed OK: FP filebrowsing info (cmd-alt) OK: FP filebrowsing info with big icon (cmd-alt-sft) OK: FP filebrowsing grab function (g) OK: FP filebrowsing trash function (cmd-alt-ctr) OK: FP filebrowsing reveal function (cmd) OK: FP filetransfer dialog functions (move/copy/alias/newfolder) OK: Ctr-free click onto folder shows "folder content only" OK: FP empty-menubar-space click and top-left-corner-click OK: Everything* else  *) Just one thing: When I was installing 2.2.9b, a message window that I've never seen before said "DiffVersionInfo", and I closed that window. Then I restarted according to your installation instructions. Now the word "BuildNumber" is shown in the bottom left corner of the preferences window, but without the number itself. |
| A. H. 27 Apr 2010, 00:54 | Re: Print option in Finderpop?
Maybe 'cmd-p' while filebrowsing in FP? |
| A. H. 26 Apr 2010, 14:34 | Re: Print option in Finderpop?
Good idea (but only if it's not too difficult to implement): Typing "p" during FP-filebrowsing could "print" the mouse-pointed document (send it to the printer) — as typing "g" during FP-filebrowsing can already "grab" the mouse-pointed file. Otherwise FP users can already "grab" a document to drop it onto a printer application or script icon etc. |
| A. H. 22 Mar 2010, 16:22 | Re: Seven wishes to improve FP 2.2.1b+
Yeah, unused-menubar-clicks with "[√] FP active in: all apps" and "[_] Enhance other apps" in 2.2.5b is all I need and works great. I'm not scared anymore. ^^ Thank you! That's surely the best default for new users, too. |
| A. H. 22 Mar 2010, 15:23 | Re: FinderPop 2.2.5 BETA
Yes, Turly, that checkbox is blue and not clickable. My slider is not set to "never". I'm using the German localisation. Now I found out that the checkbox can be switched by clicking the text to the right of it. But primarily the checkbox itself should be made clickable — rather than its text — according to Apple's User Interface Guidelines.  |
| A. H. 21 Mar 2010, 04:41 | Re: FinderPop 2.2.5 BETA
No problems found after three stress test days with FP 2.2.5b on OSX.5.8 (PPC G4). OK: PrefPane installation and GUI functions OK: FP click with or without ctr key OK: Appearance of all "FP Items", separators etc. in FP contextmenus OK: FP filebrowsing speed OK: FP filebrowsing info (cmd-alt) OK: FP filebrowsing info with big icon (cmd-alt-sft) OK: FP filebrowsing grab function (g) OK: FP filebrowsing trash function (cmd-alt-ctr) OK: FP filebrowsing reveal function (cmd) OK: FP filetransfer dialog functions (move/copy/alias/newfolder) OK: Ctr-free click onto folder shows "folder content only"* OK: FP menubar click and top-left-corner-click OK: Everything else * Under the "Options" tab, the mini-checkmark to the left of the mini-slider cannot be unchecked: Although this checkmark is blue (not light grey), it's untouchably fixed (permanently activated). For me that's OK, but maybe others want to uncheck this and wonder why it's "frozen". |
| A. H. 20 Mar 2010, 00:49 | Re: Seven wishes to improve FP 2.2.1b+
Correction: Sorry, that's all working. I just thought it wouldn't as I deactivated "FP active in: other apps" and therefore menubar finderpopping only works if the Finder is in front — which was not the case. But now I tested it in the Finder, and of course it works. I leave "FP active in: other apps" permanently deactivated because I don't want that FP modifies any programs. It still scares me a bit. How harmful are those modifications still, Turly?However: I'll continue using FP by clicking primarily into the bottom left or bottom right monitor edge (next to my dockbar) because this brings always (!) the Finder to the front and (!) invokes FP to browse files etc. |
| A. H. 17 Mar 2010, 19:53 | Re: Seven wishes to improve FP 2.2.1b+
Hi, Turly ... > 2.2.4b8 ... Does the beta version work for you on 10.5.8 ? Yeah, I had overlooked completely that a no-snow thrill-beta is there since 2010-0216. (o: Now I tested it three days: FP 2.2.4b8 is functioning like 2.2.1b without problems on my 10.5.8 G4. (So I'm the fourth official tester of such a constellation.^^) Just one thing: Both in FP 2.2.4b8 and 2.2.1b the option "Clicking onto empty menu bar space invokes FP" never worked for me (neither with nor without the checkmark "Must be a ctrl-click"), and clicking into the top left monitor edge also never finderpopped. Instead, I'm using FP by clicking into the bottom left or bottom right monitor edge (next to my dock bar), which is always working fine (with and without ctrl-click), or onto the desktop background or onto folders and files (which is, of course, also functioning always). > 2.3 ... will be compatible with 10.4 to 10.6. Great! =) > Then I will start working on the improvements you mentioned, plus a few other... I'm totally looking forward to it (especially to G, D and C)! > Maybe it is time to announce the latest beta ... on sites like VersionTracker. Yes, Ronald, I absolutely agree. This should be done more frequently (on MacUpdate.com etc.). > Just did a 2.2.5 ... feel free to treat it as an official release. Thanks a lot, Turly; I'll download and test 2.2.5, too, then I'll answer in your corresponding topic... |
| A. H. 08 Mar 2010, 04:44 | FP 2.3 full
When (circa) will a full version (not beta) of the newest FinderPop come out for OSX.5.8 (PPC)? |
| A. H. 19 Nov 2009, 22:13 | Augmentation of the Human Intellect
Thanks a lot, Turly. For the time being I'd be happy even with only three of them: G, D and C. They would augment the usability enormously. |
| A. H. 11 Nov 2009, 20:22 | Seven wishes to improve FP 2.2.1b+
Dear Master Turly, hopefully your op went perfectly and you’re fine. Your FinderPop is simply the best file browser on Earth (the Grab function is revolutionary); I'm enjoying FP since 1997 (OS8, G2 132 MHz) and now I'm using FP 2.2.1b in OSX.5.8 (G4 1250 MHz). Where have all those twelve years gone? Time has picked them everyone. ;–) Here are my innermost wishes to improve FinderPop 2.2.1b (et seq.): A.) Language selector Because we have to discuss in English here, a button would be great to switch the GUI from German (my location) or French etc. to English. Otherwise we foreigners would always have to "guess" the English names for all those tabs, menus and other functions, e.g. for FinderPop's first tab "Erscheinungsbild". B.) Selectable position of the "folder content submenu" The option "folder content submenu" (I can only "guess" its English name because of A) under the "Options" tab activates a submenu to browse the content of a clicked folder directly. Great! But it would be even greater if we could freely select the submenu position within the menu list (maybe using -!!f) according to the "desktop content submenu" (using -!!d) and according to the "active processes submenu" (using -!!p). C.) Selectable position of the "recent items submenu" The option "last used [0–12] items [√] in submenu" (I can only "guess" its English name because of A) under the "Options" tab activates a submenu to recently used items. Great! But it would be even greater if we could freely select the submenu position within the menu list (maybe using -!!r) according to the "desktop content submenu" (using -!!d) and according to the "active processes submenu" (using -!!p). D.) An unlabelled alias should not get the label of its original FP 2.2.1b pops every alias which has definitely no Finder label color into the label color of its original. This should be corrected because the Finder lets you arbitrarily choose different label colors: one for the alias and a different one for its original. It is absolutely user-confusing and annoying when an alias file is suddenly colored in FP although it has no label color in the Finder. E.) FP Classic option: aliases in Italic In Classic versions of FP (before OSX) there has been the helpful option to show alias filenames in Italic (or the like) to spot them promptly as aliases. Please add back this comfort. Otherwise FP users cannot distinguish aliases from other files at all. F.) FP Classic option: folders in Bold In Classic versions of FP (before OSX) there has been the helpful option to show folder filenames in Bold (or the like) to spot them promptly as folders. Please add back this comfort. Otherwise FP users cannot distinguish folders from other files very well. G.) List dot-named and invisible items after "normal" items The last two checkboxes under the tab "Erscheinungsbild" allow us to list dot-named items (e.g. ".DS_Store") and invisible items (e.g. "Desktop DB"). But both are alphabetically mixed with the normal items so that everything becomes chaotic (barely readable); we need an option that simply lists the normal items at the top and then the other ones. Would be perfect. That's all, folks. This is it. (–: |
