I’ve posted a developent build of Default Folder X with a number of fixes and improvements.  The changes include:

• When two folders with the same name are in a menu, the menu items for them will now include the name of the parent folders that uniquely identify those folders (Default Folder X used to just show their immediate parent folders, but sometimes those had the same names too).
• Extended the startup delay in the workaround for python appscript applications so that they don’t run into errors when they receive AppleEvents.
• Previews now correctly follow aliases so that a preview of the original file is shown when you select an alias in an Open dialog.
• Default Folder X was saving empty Finder comments, resulting in Spotlight attaching empty com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment attributes to some files.  This has been fixed.
• Corrected a problem that would result in DFX not loading in multiple running applications that had the same creator signature (if you’re running both Photoshop CS3 and CS4, for example).
• Changed rebound so that filenames with a ‘:’ character are recognized correctly in Cocoa applications.
• Added a “computer” level menu at the top of the path hierarchy in the path menu that appears above the file listing in Open and Save As dialogs.
• Fixed an AppleScript problem that would cause preview to print a PDF file over and over again if you selected a PDF file and chose Print from the File menu in the Finder.
• New tags were sometimes not written out to the shared OpenMeta recent tag list.
• Added 64-bit PPC architecture to the scripting addition.
• Made tag completion insensitive to differences in diacritical marks.
• Fixed the Extras/DFX script so it doesn’t show a busy cursor when it pops up the menu.

You can download a copy using this URL:

http://www.stclairsoft.com/download/DefaultFolderX-4.2.1d15.dmg

A couple of months ago Steve Becker, a fellow indie software developer, approached a number of us about putting together a different kind of software bundle. His concept was to take a grass-roots, “farmers’ market” approach:  Bring a software bundle straight from the developers to you.

Usually, bundles are not assembled and marketed by the developers, but by someone else who does the advertising, marketing and payment processing.  Those people usually reap the bulk of the profits revenue from the sale, passing only a small percentage of the sale price on to the developers of the software.  Wouldn’t it be great if developers could just get together and bring you a bundle themselves?

This is the concept behind TheMacBundles.com, a web site that Steve has put together to deliver great software deals to you without the middleman.  Default Folder X is one component of the bundle, along with other long-time favorites, such as DragThing, GraphicConverter, Spell Catcher X, Cover Stream, HoudahSpot, Mariner Write, and Steve’s own iPrint.  It’s a great bundle of software and sells for $49.95, only $15 more than a copy of Default Folder X alone, and a $200 savings off the combined prices of all the apps.

Yes, the marketing isn’t as slick, but it’s a great deal on some excellent software.  One of the things that convinced me to participate is that I personally own and use quite a few of these apps myself.  So head over to TheMacBundles.com and get a deal on some great software!  But hurry, the deal only lasts until June 14!