On Dec 20, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > We might be able to revisit that if it's really necessary, but see > how it works as-is for a while. It was originally in the preview > pane, but we changed it. With the new scheme, you can remove the > file & URL columns from the table and save a few pixels.
Maybe once I get used to the new view I won't feel the need for those columns, but I like the quick overview they provide of how many and which references have attached files/links. > The current master-detail view is really handy, so it's hard to > replace that with the file view; I mainly use the table columns for > sorting, but prefer the lower pane for easy readability. Another > option I've thought about is a single column of tall table cells on > the right showing details, with the lower pane reserved for abstract/ > annote/pdf/files/webgroup. See attached (from copying a couple refs > into OmniOutliner). The problem is that such a view would still > have to be pretty wide to be readable. I generally agree. My beef with the current wide detail view is that I find abstracts harder to read with long lines and relatively small type sizes. Plus I end up with a contest between the number of references I can show in the list and the vertical height of the detail view beneath the list. A columnar view with shorter lines (like a newspaper) is just easier for me to scan through and if it's on the side it's independent of the number of articles visible in the list. If I designed a template for the preview (which I haven't tried yet), I'd put a bibliography-style reference at the top, followed by the block text abstract at the full width of the pane with no heading, annotations under a heading and then discrete data like date added/ modified (as mm/dd/yyyy). Note that this is only a relative beef as I really like BibDesk a lot and am definitely *not* complaining. Jim Harrison UVa ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
