Real nice! Great idea! Any chance, you'd integrate a viewer (e.g., Skim)?
Le 27 août 07 à 19:20, Adam R. Maxwell a écrit : > Many people seem to be unaware of BibDesk's file management > capabilities, which bothers me. I also think the user interface > can be improved, so I've been casually working on a revised file > interface (shown in attached screenshot, poor quality due to the 40 > K message limit). The goals: > > 1) Avoid presenting paths to the user > 2) Clear drag-and-drop interface > 3) Allow an arbitrary number and type of files (we generate the > field names) > 4) Store links as aliases /and/ relative paths (base64 encoded in > BibTeX) > 5) Autofile multiple files > 6) Allow a viewing any (supported) file in a dedicated window > > The attached screenshot shows an editor window. The toolbar isn't > gone, but it's hidden, and the author table is no longer in the > toolbar. Current functionality: drag (multiple) files to the file > view, drag (single) files from the file view to Finder. > > Note: I think current Local-Url functionality would remain for > backwards compatibility. Various users would likely want to avoid > what I'm proposing. So no whining (yet). > > The main window also would have a thumbnail view like this, but you > wouldn't be able to drop files on it. The file view is similar to > iPhoto's view, in that it automatically creates a grid based on a > desired thumbnail size. Any image file (incl. PDF/PS), QuickTime, > and TextEdit-supported file can be displayed. Personally, I don't > think this is terribly useful, but many users want linked files > displayed in the main window; we presently do this only for Local- > Url, but my suggestion here is a compromise, with 6) above. We'd > likely use Quick Look for 6) on Leopard, which would give us even > more viewable file types. > > Any suggestions from the user community? Should remote URLs be > displayed in this view as well (as icons...previewing would be > heinous)? It would also be cool if you could open up an > @proceedings and see all of its child items' files immediately... > > -- > Adam > <Picture 2.jp2> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
