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Hi,

As a Path Finder user, I must inform that Pathfinder 4.1 released as
universal binary.

Pick your favorite download site. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16678 http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/6371

(Pasting whats new)

Ilgaz
ps: It also means, stuffit SDK is now a stable universal binary (for
stuffit users, don't bite me)

WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.1:
Path Finder 4.1 is now a Universal Binary for both Intel and PPC
machines. It now reads the Finder's Smart Folders, has a completely
revamped Go To Folder feature, and a brand new Size Browser for quickly finding the sizes of folders, packages, etc. Therre are also dozens of improvements and bug fixes.
Path Finder 4.1 is a free upgrade to all registered Path Finder 4 customers
New Features:

• Now a Universal Binary
• Improved Go To Folder with autocomplete
• Smart Folders – Path Finder can now read Finder-created Smart Folders
• New Size Browser for quickly viewing total file sizes of folders,
bundles, etc.
• Added rotate buttons to the integrated PDF viewer
• Path Finder can now preview PDF bundles (often found on OS X install disks)
• Added preview support for Help Viewer bundles
• Path Finder now displays if an application is PPC, Intel, or >>> Universal Binary in the info panel
• Path Finder can now previews NEF files
• Added preliminary “email to” support for Microsoft Entourage and Eudora
• Updated Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, and German localizations

Fixes:

• Fixed “Genie” crash when dragging and dropping items
• Improved the saving of spotlight comments in get info window >>> • Improved refresh of directories on network volumes
• Fixed a number of terminal issues
• Fixed crash when command-clicking on a volume to open it in a new window
• Speed up file list drawing
• Email command no longer skips the first file
• Fixed get info on Folders when using the Finder as the Get Info application
• Window will now activate when in column view during drag and drop
• Added ability to copy from two optical drives at once
• Changed Drawer names in View Menu to Right, Left, and Bottom >>> • Fixed empty trash issue on mounted HFS+ volumes
• Fixed issue where Spotlight search results from the Finder and PF
returned different results
• Navigating horizontally with arrow keys on PF Desktop no longer errors out
• The menu item in View menu for Preview drawer is no longer grayed out
• Added ability to cancel drag and drop customization of contextual
menus in preferences (escape key)
• Made improvements to eject volume feature in Volume Shelf
• Window now gets focus when items are dragged into the Shelf
• Fixed issue where desktop view options became inaccessible
• Rearrange Launch Application window
• Fixed some find by type and finding by date issues
• We now strip styles from pasted text when renaming a file
• Added confirmation to Shelf if more than 5 items are dragged to it
(hold option key to override)
• Fixed movie duration for .mov files
• Fixed occasional background CPU usage issue
• Secure Delete fixed in Delete panel
• Numerous smaller tweaks, optimizations, and bug fixes

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Nothing to add really, but I just want to say:

I *heart* PathFinder.

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

Victor.
--
Victor Eijkhout -- eijkhout at tacc utexas edu
ph: 512 471 5809
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On 2006-04-11 22:00:17 +0300, see@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) said:

Nothing to add really, but I just want to say:
I *heart* PathFinder.

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

Victor.

This one and Graphic Converter, both are very complex applications and
it is amazing that they are coded by single coders and yet they moved
to Universal binary (GC was carbon!) before billion dollar giants like
Adobe, Microsoft did.

Just for that, they deserve support. If you buy or not, doesn't matter
:) They show what single coder do when he cares about.

Ilgaz

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Ilgaz Ocal wrote:

On 2006-04-11 22:00:17 +0300, see@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) said:

Nothing to add really, but I just want to say:
I *heart* PathFinder.

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

Victor.

This one and Graphic Converter, both are very complex applications and
it is amazing that they are coded by single coders and yet they moved to Universal binary (GC was carbon!) before billion dollar giants like
Adobe, Microsoft did.

Just for that, they deserve support. If you buy or not, doesn't matter
:) They show what single coder do when he cares about.

Ilgaz

yah, I love and have paid for both of these programs. When I wind up
with a stock finder window I get SO annoyed.
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Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net> wrote:

I love and have paid for both of these programs.

Ditto. PathFinder, LaunchBar, VirtualDesktop are all so essential to me
that the couple of tenners they cost are completely outweighed by the improvements in workflow.

Victor.
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Victor Eijkhout -- eijkhout at tacc utexas edu
ph: 512 471 5809
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see@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) writes:

Jd Lyall <jdlyall@bounce.net> wrote:

I love and have paid for both of these programs.

Ditto. PathFinder, LaunchBar, VirtualDesktop are all so essential to me
that the couple of tenners they cost are completely outweighed by the improvements in workflow.

I just downloaded the PathFinder/Knox combo pack minutes ago,
and I love it.

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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:00:17 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote
(in article <1hdmuuf.h32tde1dd6g00N%see@sig.for.address>):

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

And I disagree! Path Finder, to me, is an example of clutter almost taken to an extreme. I can easily do everything Path Finder provides without having
my entire screen taken up by this and that and more. Perhaps I'm missing something, but at the moment I find Path Finder to present me with more information than I need at a time.

--
James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

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TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:00:17 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote
(in article <1hdmuuf.h32tde1dd6g00N%see@sig.for.address>):

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

And I disagree! Path Finder, to me, is an example of clutter almost taken to an extreme. I can easily do everything Path Finder provides without having my entire screen taken up by this and that and more. Perhaps I'm missing something, but at the moment I find Path Finder to present me with more information than I need at a time.

Hm. It does have the potential to display lots of crap,but all those
panels are optional. I have the left panel open (list of processes), and
that's really the main thing that is displays over the normal Finder
window. I have a shelf of favourites and a list of volumes, but the
Finder has that too. And PF (version 3; I hope they're bringing this
back quickly in version 4) has custom shelves which I absolutely can not
live without on my machine at home. At work I've switched to 4.

And I just love the dropshelf, the fact that is displays my current
path, the popup to open a document with an arbitrary app, mail it,
compress, et cetera. Other people I know love it because it supports
Cocoa Gestures. Et cetera.

Victor
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ph: 512 471 5809
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On 2006-04-13 05:37:04 +0300, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> said:

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:00:17 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote
(in article <1hdmuuf.h32tde1dd6g00N%see@sig.for.address>):

It's incredible that it hasn't been either bought or ripped off by
Apple. This is everything the Finder should have been.

And I disagree! Path Finder, to me, is an example of clutter almost
taken to an extreme. I can easily do everything Path Finder provides without having my entire screen taken up by this and that and more.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but at the moment I find Path Finder to present me with more information than I need at a time.

As most of OS X customers thinks that way, Finder will "stay" this way,
Path Finder will continue to sell good as a third party utility which
you _don't have to_ use.

I use both. Yes, I use Finder to simply launch a program when I am lazy
to type via Quicksilver ;) Doh, it made 3...

I think everyone is happy.

Ilgaz

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:35:41 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote (in article <1hdpd5c.1g3zd7xj4sqjfN%see@sig.for.address>):

Hm. It does have the potential to display lots of crap,but all those
panels are optional. I have the left panel open (list of processes), and that's really the main thing that is displays over the normal Finder
window.

To see the current processes all I have to do is cursor to the bottom of the screen so my normally hidden dock will pop up, showing me what processes are currently active.

I have a shelf of favourites and a list of volumes, but the Finder has
that too. And PF (version 3; I hope they're bringing this back quickly in version 4) has custom shelves which I absolutely can not live without on
my machine at home. At work I've switched to 4.

I'll play around with the shelves and see how I like them.

And I just love the dropshelf, the fact that is displays my current path,

One can customize the Finder so that there is a click point which will cause
a dropdown showing the path to the current window.

the popup to open a document with an arbitrary app,

How does this popup differ from the ctrl-click in Finder

mail it, compress, et cetera. Other people I know love it because it supports Cocoa Gestures. Et cetera.

Going to plead ignorance on Cocoa Gestures--nother thing to explore.

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James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@mac.com

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TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@mac.com> wrote:

To see the current processes all I have to do is cursor to the bottom of the screen so my normally hidden dock will pop up, showing me what processes are currently active.

I don't use the dock. I want to be able to touch stuff at the edge of
the screen without unwanted visual effects popping up.

Victor.
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ph: 512 471 5809
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Ilgaz Ocal <ilgaz_ocal@yahoo.com> wrote:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but at the moment I find Path Finder to present me with more information than I need at a time.

As most of OS X customers thinks that way, Finder will "stay" this way,

Ok, I guess I see your point about the visual clutter that PF brings
with it. But some features like the drop stack are just pure genius.
That alone makes PF worth having.

Victor.
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ph: 512 471 5809
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On 2006-04-13 18:29:03 +0300, see@sig.for.address (Victor Eijkhout) said:

Ilgaz Ocal <ilgaz_ocal@yahoo.com> wrote:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but at the moment I find Path Finder to
present me with more information than I need at a time.

As most of OS X customers thinks that way, Finder will "stay" this way,

Ok, I guess I see your point about the visual clutter that PF brings
with it. But some features like the drop stack are just pure genius.
That alone makes PF worth having.

Victor.

Of course, I am a licensed Path Finder user since 3.x too.

The only thing I saw comparable to Path Finder was Directory Opus on
Amiga. I guess I saw it in 1992, still remembering it.

Ilgaz

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