November 2007 Archives
Stacks in leopard are pretty cool. Sure, there was always something like it (right-clicking a folder in the dock), but this adds a little flare. Unfortunately it takes something away, too. I'm not sure what Apple thought they were accomplishing by making the stacks' icons dynamic, but a lot of us don't really like it. I like to be able to glance and know which one is my applications folder, which my documents folder, which my downloads folder, and so on. But that's just not how it works.
TUAW is posting about a "workaround" or "hack." Or really whatever you want to call it. Basically you put a folder into the folder that you have added as a stack, give it an icon you like, use touch at the command line to set its modified date far into the future, and name it with a preceding and trailing space. And frankly, I think it's lame to have to do that. If you are using the fan format, it eats a slot. If you're going automatic, it may tip you over the edge into grid from fan, which just isn't as neat. So yes, it stings.
But hey, you get used to these things pretty quickly.
If you're anything like me, you pretty much rely on quicksilver when working on your mac. Who needs that Finder thing? That's why one the first things I noticed, even before I noticed my bluetooth issues, was that Qiucksilver was suddenly appearing in the dock and failing every now and again.
And then I remembered seeing some comments on TUAW about Quicksilver having disappeared from the web due to its servers being (rightfully) overwhelmed. Well, what I had missed until this morning is that TUAW had also found a beta version of Quicksilver available on blacktree (Quicksilver's host) which remedies the problem. They also have some more information ont he disappearance. But more importantly (to me), they had a direct link to the download.
I should note that this a beta, so if you're not brave just sit back and wait for a proper version to be released. Myself, I always use Quicksilver betas and find them to be pretty stable. And if you're on Leopard, it's pretty much this or, well, nothing.
Quicksilver b53 for Leopard - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)