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
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