Re: [Bibdesk-users] Version 0.98

[Michael M. <mic...@ma...>]

On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:35 AM, jiho wrote:

>
>>> In addition, I found the Preview file and Preview text buttons 
>>> really useful and I'm disappointed to see them disappear. Indeed, 
>>> filling in the fields of a new bibliography item was great with 
>>> these: juste drag and drop the article in bibdesk, it creates a new 
>>> entry, click on preview text and copy paste! just great. Here the 
>>> preview text item is longer to get. I'm fillling much of my 
>>> bibliography by hand necause there are few free databases in my 
>>> field of interest and therefore few tools to get this information 
>>> automatically. Does somebody agree with this opinion?
>>>
>> Note that the functionality is still there, we just moved it to the 
>> menu of the View File popup button. I guess that should have been 
>> mentioned more clearly in the release notes. Click on the little 
>> arrow or hold down the mouse on the button. We thought it is more 
>> appropriate there, and also greatly cleans up the already too clogged 
>> editor UI.
>
> I found it but I just find it less usable: more difficult to get and 
> often I click on the PDF icon rather that on the arrow (which is quite 
> small) and it opens the pdf and not the test in the drawer.
> but it's my personal opinion I was just asking the users for theirs ;-)
>

It's good to hear feedback - personally I use the default action (view 
in external viewer) more than the drawer.
Do you use the drawer more often than viewing the file in an external 
viewer?
If so, maybe you would want a preference that lets a single click open 
the drawer instead...
Also, would it be more usable if you could command-click and get the 
drawer?

-mike