From: Christiaan H. <chr...@we...> - 2005-02-18 03:27:19
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Just to let you know, in the next version we will have a drawer (popup)=20= button restored. It will be a single button which can switch between=20 previewing the file or the 1st page as text. This choice sticks and=20 will be stored, so you can basically choose between what the button=20 does for you. I hope this will do the trick. Let me also take this opportunity to ask you about a possible new=20 feature of adding a preview for the remote URL in the drawer. This=20 could be combined with a possible Save To Local action, or used to just=20= preview sources stored remotely. We would be interesting to hear if=20 people are interested in such a feature. Christiaan On Feb 18, 2005, at 4:34, Alex Montgomery wrote: > I had no idea this feature existed, and now it sounds great! I think a=20= > command-click to open as text would be just fine (and probably easier=20= > than adding yet another pref) > > On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Ryan Thomas wrote: > >> I have to agree, 95% of my entries I do by hand through copy/paste=20 >> with the text drawer. It's incredibly useful. >> >> Rryan >> >> On Feb 16, 2005, at 2:48 PM, jiho wrote: >> >>> >>> Le 16 f=E9vr. 05, =E0 20:04, Michael McCracken a =E9crit : >>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:35 AM, jiho wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> In addition, I found the Preview file and Preview text buttons=20= >>>>>>> really useful and I'm disappointed to see them disappear.=20 >>>>>>> Indeed, filling in the fields of a new bibliography item was=20 >>>>>>> great with these: juste drag and drop the article in bibdesk, it=20= >>>>>>> creates a new entry, click on preview text and copy paste! just=20= >>>>>>> great. Here the preview text item is longer to get. I'm fillling=20= >>>>>>> much of my bibliography by hand necause there are few free=20 >>>>>>> databases in my field of interest and therefore few tools to get=20= >>>>>>> this information automatically. Does somebody agree with this=20 >>>>>>> opinion? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Note that the functionality is still there, we just moved it to=20= >>>>>> the menu of the View File popup button. I guess that should have=20= >>>>>> been mentioned more clearly in the release notes. Click on the=20 >>>>>> little arrow or hold down the mouse on the button. We thought it=20= >>>>>> is more appropriate there, and also greatly cleans up the already=20= >>>>>> too clogged editor UI. >>>>> >>>>> I found it but I just find it less usable: more difficult to get=20= >>>>> and often I click on the PDF icon rather that on the arrow (which=20= >>>>> is quite small) and it opens the pdf and not the test in the=20 >>>>> drawer. >>>>> but it's my personal opinion I was just asking the users for=20 >>>>> theirs ;-) >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's good to hear feedback - personally I use the default action=20 >>>> (view in external viewer) more than the drawer. >>>> Do you use the drawer more often than viewing the file in an=20 >>>> external viewer? >>>> If so, maybe you would want a preference that lets a single click=20= >>>> open the drawer instead... >>>> Also, would it be more usable if you could command-click and get=20 >>>> the drawer? >>>> >>> >>> what I use is the text preview in the drawer, in order to copy paste=20= >>> from this rather than from the pdf. it's easier. to see the PDF i=20 >>> prefer, like you, opening it in an external viewer. >>> >>> JiHO >>> --- >>> Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau : >>> a chaque nouvelle cuvee on sait que ce sera degueulasse, >>> mais on en prend quand meme par masochisme. >>> --- >>> http://jo.irisson.free.fr/ >>> |