More UI Choices and MUCH Faster Previews
OK, so there’s a (very) vocal minority that really don’t like (some have even used the word “hate”) the black HUD windows in Default Folder X 4. For you folks, here’s the solution in a pre-release build:
http://www.stclairsoft.com/download/DefaultFolderX-4.0.1d16.dmg
http://www.stclairsoft.com/download/DefaultFolderX-4.0.1b1.dmg
And a picture of what it looks like:

To get this appearance, select “Gray sidebar” in the Options tab of the preferences:

The previews are also created much faster, and with much less overhead. This is especially pronounced on Tiger, where DFX doesn’t have QuickLook at its disposal and has to generate previews with QuickTime, WebKit, and regular text rendering. If you have any performance or stability complaints about version 4.0, please grab this build, give it a try, and fire off an email if you still have issues.
Tags: Default Folder X, Development, Interface, Performance, Speed, UI
