So FinderPop is back but huh, why? to celebrate halloween? - View image here:. Nowadays we can do all this and more with utilities like LaunchBar or Quicksilver without having to manually add a bunch of aliases in the "FinderPop Items" folder.
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It's a Launcher: FinderPop can act as a launcher, but without taking up the screen real estate normally associated with theseĪ Windows Menu: FinderPop can act as a Windows menu for those applications that don't have anyĪn Application Menu: You can also quickly access a menu of currently running applications Here is the old manual.Ī Quick Look at What FinderPop Can Do For You:īy having appropriate aliases in your FinderPop items folder, you can quickly and easily open any Finder icon using a particular application, or move it to another folder, or copy it, or make an alias of it. I used FinderPop in OS 9, the AutoPopup was nice with a one button mouse. It wasn't just about an easier way to open files in specified apps. Originally posted by iconmaster:That Tuaw post doesn't begin to cover it. How is it not a Desktop Folder? It's a folder, called Desktop. I supose Turly could add the option for FinderPop to respect the Finders pref setting for showing drives and disks on the desktop.I dont understand not having drives on the desktop, thats really the only thing the OSX desktop is good for since its not really a desktop folder at all in the old sense. It's only illogical really, my drives don't appeare (sic) on my desktop.- View image here:. I'm annoyed he decided to include drives as being on the desktop. It's only logical really, my drives do appeare on my desktop. Originally posted by Pariah:I am happy he decided to include drives as being on the desktop. It's only logical really, my drives do appeare on my desktop.Doing things that way is one heck of alot more practical for people like me who have multiple HDDs (I have 4).While all in all I like OSX I feel the loss of the real desktop metiphor practically everyday. I am happy he decided to include drives as being on the desktop. Regardless of which is "better," I've come to expect and even prefer the OS X way, and I'd like to see FinderPop follow the usual scheme here. Still, this is very good news!Edit2: Looks like Turly is stuck on the OS 9 filesystem assumption of the root drive being on the desktop, rather than the desktop being a subdir of the drive. They're what made FinderPop a real file system browser in and of itself. Hopefully those are in the cards for a near-future update. It was so much more.Edit: No "grab" or "delete" functions yet.
Will I still like it in a world of column view and anchored sidebar? I'm going to find out!That Tuaw post doesn't begin to cover it. Originally posted by iconmaster:- View image here: -This was my Finder replacement back in the Platinum era.
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