I don't know whether listers were aware of this or not but typing on
the keyboard when in the Desktop or other finder folder helps you get
to items quickly, on my desktop I have aliases for Text Edit and
Transmit, typing "TR" gets me to the Transmit alias which I can then
execute by pressing command-o, I'm hoping that Apple Scripts will
allow me to tie many of these aliases to shortcut key combinations
for example command-ctrl-x for text edit etc.
On 09/08/2007, at 6:44 AM, louie wrote:
You can arrange the items on the doc using option right or left
arrow. Just go to the doc andput the focus on the item you want to move.
On Aug 8, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Yep, that's what I found but I let it ride just in case other
listers know something I don't <smile>.
On 09/08/2007, at 5:48 AM, James Jolley wrote:
Hi,
I use the desktop also. The trouble with the doc is that you can't
access an app quickly in it, you have to tab around and that's not
good enough is it?
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Subject: Re: To desktop or to doc
Each to their own of course, I cannot see any advantage in using
the Doc when I want to get to things or launch things quickly,
when I boot my machine then the Desktop is the first thing that I
see by default so to me at least, it makes sense to have aliases
to the folders or applications I most frequently use there.
On 09/08/2007, at 4:39 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Hi Dane and all,
Wow. That's very interesting. I love the doc and use it for
launching all my common tasks like Mail, Safari, TextEdit,
Parallels, and so on. I can't imagine not using it.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Aug 8, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
My desktop just has aliases to my most used tasks including
Mail, Safari etc and I admit to hardly ever using the doc, it
was much the same when I used Windows, I used the Desktop but
never the start menu much, I think of the Doc in Tiger as much
the same as the Start menu on Windows XP.
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