Hugo at Streamlined Mind has posted a nice review of Default Folder X, highlighting some of the major features and showing off DFX’s interface.
Default Folder X reviewed @ Streamlined Mind
October 9th, 2008HistoryHound 1.9.5 has been released!
October 8th, 2008
It’s out! HistoryHound 1.9.5 has now been officially released, bringing a huge speed improvement, support for all of the latest Mac web browsers, the ability to search by date, and a host of other refinements and fixes to our browser searching utility. Full details are available on the HistoryHound Release Page
Thanks to all of the beta testers, localizers, and HistoryHound fans that have supported and tested the various iterations along the way. You guys have made this a great utility for all of us!
HistoryHound 1.9.5b1
August 31st, 2008HistoryHound 1.9.5 is finally getting close to finished! With the public release of 1.9.5b1 we’ve got support for NetNewsWire and other WebKit-based apps working well again, as well as further speed increases in downloading, indexing and searching. You can find things you’ve looked at before, no matter which standalone or embedded browser you were using at the time.
Existing HistoryHound users already know how powerful its targeted searching can be – for those of you who haven’t tried HistoryHound, get the scoop at http://www.stclairsoft.com/HistoryHound/ or download the beta directly from http://www.stclairsoft.com/HistoryHound/beta.html
Default Folder X 4.0.8 Released
August 11th, 2008Default Folder X 4.0.8 was just released, delivering a few bug fixes and enhanced tracking of recent folders. Ostensibly this fixes compatibility issues with Bias Peak and QuickBooks Pro, but may also affect other applications, so you should update even if you don’t use Peak or QuickBooks.
DFX Secret Settings
July 31st, 2008Updated 3/29/2010 to include all of the latest settings.
So yeah – someone wrote to ask for a feature and I realized that there’s no documentation for the “secret settings” in Default Folder X. Open System Preferences, click on Default Folder X, then hold down the option key and click on the Settings button.
Here’s the quick run-down:
- OpenFinderWindowsInColumnView: Does what it says. When DFX opens a folder for you in the Finder, the window will be in column view.
- OpenInFrontFinderWindow: When DFX opens a folder in the Finder, it uses the frontmost Finder window instead of creating a new window.
- ReboundWhenChoosingFolders: Some apps use Open dialogs that allow you to select files or folders. By default, DFX doesn’t do its “rebound” feature in these dialogs because it can cause the current folder to change if you’re using column view. This switch makes it rebound anyway.
- MenusUseSmallFonts: For people with good eyes.
- HidePreviews: The OS X-supplied previews in column view in some apps (Photoshop) are really slow for large files. This turns them off.
- HotkeysForRecentFolders: Option-up-arrow and option-down-arrow open windows in the Finder to show your recently used folders.
- QuitWithoutConfirmation: Quitting DFX won’t bring up the “Are you sure?” alert.
- ShowHiddenFinderWindows: Makes Finder-click work even when the Finder is hidden.
- DisableContextualMenu: Turns off DFX’s contextual menus in Open and Save dialogs.
- ExportAndPrintToDocumentFolder: There’s a setting in DFX called “Make save dialogs automatically default to the current document’s folder.” Normally it (intentionally) doesn’t work when you print to PDF files or export a file – this setting makes it work in Print to PDF and Export dialogs too.
- AlwaysShowFilesInMenus: Usually the menus that DFX displays next to file dialogs only show folders in them. Turning on this option will make the menus display the files within those folders too. Selecting a file will switch the file dialog to the folder that contains the file and select the file.
- OpenActiveFolderSet: Turn this on and DFX will open all Favorites in a folder set in the Finder whenever you change folder sets.
- ToolbarOnLeft: Displays the toolbar on the left side of Open and Save As dialogs instead of on the right.
- DisableOpenMetaUpgrade: Turn off the built-in code that upgrades old OpenMeta spotlight tags. See the blog post about this.
So, there’s a few more little bits for Default Folder X. Enjoy!
HistoryHound 1.9.5d7 – better, faster, stronger
July 30th, 2008A new public beta version of HistoryHound is available. Again, it’s much faster than version 1.9.2, and this build includes a number of fixes for the Firefox 3 history indexer, along with better handling of some web sites that used to cause problems before. Please drop me comments at HistoryHound@stclairsoft.com if you’ve found a bug or want to make a comment or suggestion.
Thanks!
Jon and Ben interviewed on MacVoices
July 26th, 2008
Ben and I spent some time with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices talking about NetSketch, Ben’s new iPhone app, as well as discussing some of the challenges and excitement coming on the iPhone both for customers and developers. As always, it’s great to talk to Chuck – he really does fun and informative shows! Go here for the interview.
NetSketch 1.0.1
July 23rd, 2008Yes, my son is now officially kicking his dad’s butt on the iPhone side of the business. Ben had NetSketch ready at the launch of the app store, and even as an impartial observer (as much as I can be, anyway), it’s an impressive piece of software.
NetSketch brings collaborative drawing to the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can draw on the iPhone’s screen in full color and share your work with others over WiFi – pretty cool! If you collaborate with your friends, everyone’s changes are shown in the drawing in real-time. And NetSketch is vector-based and offers infinite pan and zoom – so it’s easy to add detail to your work and you never run out of room.
Here are some drawings made with NetSketch:
I have to say it’s darn nice for $5.99, and the networking capabilities really set it apart. I can see this taking over in classrooms and meeting rooms this fall 🙂
Take a look at http://www.netsketchapp.com/
Default Folder X 4.0.7 is up!
July 22nd, 2008Sorry for the silence – things have been very busy behind the scenes here and there’s a lot to catch up on!
Version 4.0.7 of Default Folder X was posted yesterday, cleaning up some problems that cropped up with Word 2008 after Microsoft’s 12.1.1 update earlier this month. There are also corrections for a few features that weren’t working as they should, and some re-engineering under the hood to allow for expansion in the future.
The update is free for everyone that’s got a valid license for Default Folder X version 4 (including those who received a free upgrade because they purchased version 3 on or after June 1, 2007). Just download the installer and run it – it’ll update your copy to the latest version.
You can read more about this release and download copies from:
Popping up the Default Folder X menu with a hotkey
June 16th, 2008Adam Aaron asked if I could make DFX pop up its menu under the mouse when he pressed a certain key combination. You can actually do this now with a simple AppleScript and one of the numerous macro utilities out there (Adam used QuickSilver to make it work on his machine).
First, write a little AppleScript like so:
tell application "Default Folder X"
ShowMenu
end tell
Then have your macro utility of choice (QuickSilver, iKey, QuicKeys, or whatever) run the script when you hit your favorite key combination, and there you go 🙂
(Note: If you’re running Default Folder X with its “Show icons and menus in the Dock” setting turned off, the application target in the AppleScript should be “Default Folder X Helper” instead).
