I wonder if the reason Mac OS X doesn't have metadata authoring from the save dialogue is a patent issue. This would explain the obvious oversight. I'm a "mostly mac user" and find the spotlight feature only partially useful.
Currently to append metadata you have to:
1) Save
2a) Mouse into a nested folder to find you just saved file
or
2b) Spotlight to your just saved file
3) Get Info on the just saved file
4) Enter keywords in the Spotlights Comments box and perhaps color code if that's your thing
Hell, for that kind of effort I'll just link my files to my desktop and clean it up after the 9pt file names and 16X16 pix icons become too tedious to see. On this one M$ is dead on point, bolting on Spotlight without metadata authoring is a half-assed solution at best.
P.S. I don't actually clutter my desktop, and I've stopped mousing through scads of psychotically nested folders. I findhttp://quicksilver.blacktree.com/saves time and my wrist.
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Currently to append metadata you have to:
1) Save
2a) Mouse into a nested folder to find you just saved file
or
2b) Spotlight to your just saved file
3) Get Info on the just saved file
4) Enter keywords in the Spotlights Comments box and perhaps color code if that's your thing
Hell, for that kind of effort I'll just link my files to my desktop and clean it up after the 9pt file names and 16X16 pix icons become too tedious to see. On this one M$ is dead on point, bolting on Spotlight without metadata authoring is a half-assed solution at best.
P.S. I don't actually clutter my desktop, and I've stopped mousing through scads of psychotically nested folders. I findhttp://quicksilver.blacktree.com/saves time and my wrist.