By default, the window of a child folder should open in the exact same location and size as the parent folder window. This would avoid cluttering the desktop.
Then this should be combined with a configurable property to automatically close the parent window. This would further make it appear like a normal file browser.
The main difference is that it retains its spatial behavior, so the next time you double-click on the same child folder, it will open a window in the place where you had it last time if you previous moved or sized it.
The mistake is if a folder does not have an explicitly set size and location, you should always use the parent's size and location to avoid clutter and confusion.
I would love spatial mode if it worked like this, because I do have certain directories that I always want opened a particular way. As it is now, though, it is a little difficult to use.
I bought an iPod for about 2 months now (the 10GB version) and I don't own a Mac. My Gateway notebook only has a 4-pin (??? the small one anyway) FireWire port, but it works fine with the iPod.
I downloaded the XPlay beta versions and have had success using it since the beginning, although there have been a few hiccups along the way.
I just purchased XPlay 1.0 online today, but have not installed it yet. The last feature that I was waiting for was to be able to permanently disable the system tray icon and now they say that they enabled it...so I am happy.
Overall, a good product...although I do wish I could copy my MP3s from it, instead of only to it.
I did try my iPod with my mom's iMac/iTunes and it worked great...definitely the best way to go, but XPlay is the next best thing.
...but thanks to/. I'm finally convinced! Poor, picked on Al Gore needs my vote so he can use my tax dollars to re-invent the federal government into a bigger and better version of itself, Government 2.0 perhaps. That's certainly where I want my tax dollars going!!! Thank you, thank you/.
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Of course, this would also be possible with just about any open source license (e.g., BSD), so it really has nothing to do with RMS and GPL.
By default, the window of a child folder should open in the exact same location and size as the parent folder window. This would avoid cluttering the desktop.
Then this should be combined with a configurable property to automatically close the parent window. This would further make it appear like a normal file browser.
The main difference is that it retains its spatial behavior, so the next time you double-click on the same child folder, it will open a window in the place where you had it last time if you previous moved or sized it.
The mistake is if a folder does not have an explicitly set size and location, you should always use the parent's size and location to avoid clutter and confusion.
I would love spatial mode if it worked like this, because I do have certain directories that I always want opened a particular way. As it is now, though, it is a little difficult to use.
I bought an iPod for about 2 months now (the 10GB version) and I don't own a Mac. My Gateway notebook only has a 4-pin (??? the small one anyway) FireWire port, but it works fine with the iPod.
I downloaded the XPlay beta versions and have had success using it since the beginning, although there have been a few hiccups along the way.
I just purchased XPlay 1.0 online today, but have not installed it yet. The last feature that I was waiting for was to be able to permanently disable the system tray icon and now they say that they enabled it...so I am happy.
Overall, a good product...although I do wish I could copy my MP3s from it, instead of only to it.
I did try my iPod with my mom's iMac/iTunes and it worked great...definitely the best way to go, but XPlay is the next best thing.
-> richard
...under the this thread...
...but thanks to /. I'm finally convinced! Poor, picked on Al Gore needs my vote so he can use my tax dollars to re-invent the federal government into a bigger and better version of itself, Government 2.0 perhaps. That's certainly where I want my tax dollars going!!! Thank you, thank you /.