Hi Jon,
I hate to harp on this, since I just asked a few days ago about whether or not you could make the Internet Search dialog remember it's size and location from session to session, BUT, is there any way to make the Attachment inspector open up automatically?
All I want is for my workspace to be the same from session to session. In other words, if I'm working in list view and I have the attachment window open and to the right of the main window, for it to appear the next time I open Bookends instead of having to manually open it and move it where I want it...
Thanks.
Window sizes/positions
Hi,
There is no end of such settings, the question is whether they are worth it (there is added overhead of getting/setting preferences, screen bounds checking, etc.). Bookends remembers these window settings within a session, which I think is a pretty good compromise. If a lot of people feel otherwise I can probably be persuaded.
Jon
Sonny Software
There is no end of such settings, the question is whether they are worth it (there is added overhead of getting/setting preferences, screen bounds checking, etc.). Bookends remembers these window settings within a session, which I think is a pretty good compromise. If a lot of people feel otherwise I can probably be persuaded.
Jon
Sonny Software
I second this request -- and the one about remembering the state of the internet search window.
John Siracusa wrote some things I agree with about saving state info in a review of Omniweb 5:
John Siracusa wrote some things I agree with about saving state info in a review of Omniweb 5:
I'm not quoting this to accuse Jon of underestimating the value of saving this information, by the way. Jon is one of the most responsive and active developers around. I think it is more the case that users don't generally request these features, but as Siracusa says, they would rely on them if they had them.[From the point of view of a developer] saving state is annoying to implement, and users don't really care about it anyway. If implemented beyond the bare minimum, it's usually as a sop to a few "disproportionately demanding" users. And even then, it is still often not taken seriously. As long as it works most of the time, it's just fine.
This attitude towards state preservation is a terrible, terrible mistake! State preservation is almost always the most important feature of an application beyond whatever it is actually supposed to do (e.g., play music, edit images, create presentations, browse the web...)
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the value and appeal of pervasive, reliable state preservation is massively underestimated by users and developers alike.
[For example, in Ominweb 5, which saves the positions of open windows on quit and restores tham on relaunch] "spatial browsing" becomes a lot more attractive. I can quit OmniWeb 5 even if I have 5 windows open with a handful of tabs in each one, secure in the knowledge that everything will be exactly where I left it the next time I launch OmniWeb. This even works if OmniWeb 5 crashes.
Third this request...
Its extra clicks and futzing around every time I launch Bookends. I know its not a tremendous time sink to do this, but its somewhat annoying to do each time. I actually think its extremely important. Whenever I use Bookends, its almost always in one of two contexts, and the way I keep the windows reflects what I do.
I guess that most people prefer to have their windows a certain way, catered to the way their screen is set up or to the specific features they need. Remebering the state of window positions is now standard in almost all commercial applications, e.g. Illustrator palettes, etc. I would really appreciate this feature in every application I use, and those that don't have this feature I find frustrating.
Its extra clicks and futzing around every time I launch Bookends. I know its not a tremendous time sink to do this, but its somewhat annoying to do each time. I actually think its extremely important. Whenever I use Bookends, its almost always in one of two contexts, and the way I keep the windows reflects what I do.
I guess that most people prefer to have their windows a certain way, catered to the way their screen is set up or to the specific features they need. Remebering the state of window positions is now standard in almost all commercial applications, e.g. Illustrator palettes, etc. I would really appreciate this feature in every application I use, and those that don't have this feature I find frustrating.