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Frank STENGEL replied on April 15, 2009 08:48 to the idea "Label should be gluable on boxes" in Dockland Software:

an idea could be to have the name stuck on the border such as the following image:



The colours are obviously wrong, but it is just to give an idea

Frank STENGEL started following the idea "Moving a box should move its children" in Dockland Software.

Frank STENGEL started following the idea "Label should be gluable on boxes" in Dockland Software.

Frank STENGEL replied on April 13, 2009 20:50 to the problem "Desktop has a window bar" in Dockland Software:

Another bad case of RTFM! Speaking of which, there should be a way to have the window snap back to its rightful place (and size?). Let me explain:

1. I am feeling playful anfd i move Grape's window around
2. now, I want to put it back in place...

Currently, the only way is to painstakingly aim in order for the window to occupy exactly the place it should occupy.

The window bar is a nice way to move things around, however it is, paradoxically, too window like. Basically there should be some sort of a handle to move the Grape desktop around and a buton/swith to snap it back into place...

Frank STENGEL replied on April 13, 2009 20:43 to the problem "Folders have no name unless selected." in Dockland Software:

Nice solution. One suggestion though: when the item is a bundle with a known extension (application for instance) then one could safely drop the extension (or name) This works with document bundles such as .rtfd files

Frank STENGEL reported a problem in Dockland Software on April 13, 2009 20:37:

Desktop has a window bar

Is it normal that the grape dextop has a window bar? I know that this way one can move grape's window, but still...

Frank STENGEL replied on April 03, 2009 20:50 to the problem "Folders have no name unless selected." in Dockland Software:

Nice... Is that the start of a flame war? ;-) It seems as if Dockland Software speaks with two mouths: the official and the unauthorized ;-p

To be honest, folders have a very simple function: organize things. Names are important since folders are blue thingies with no features differentiating them. It seems natural to want to label them one way or another. Not all items have a visual representation: how would you visually represent, say, two distinct core dumps?

Furthermore, I'd say many starts at four-five. A desktop, is not a game of memory.

Ceci dit, je vais retourner jouer avec mes petites voitures et bouder un coup, ça soulage ! ;-)

Frank STENGEL shared an idea in Dockland Software on April 03, 2009 16:04:

Disabling command-Q

It would be nice if one could disable command-Q in grape (via a preference) in order to prevent accidental quitting

Frank STENGEL reported a problem in Dockland Software on April 02, 2009 15:50:

Dropping items on the grape desktop

When dragging and dropping an intem from a Finder window onto Grape, a small icon (representing the item as Finder sees it) appears approximatively where one dropped the item. This icon stays in place until one selects Grape, where it eventuellay appears in the drop-box...

It is as if there was some persistance from the Finder's desktop layout. The same thing happens when one mounts a (distant) volume using the sidebar of a Finder window: an icon representing that volume temporarily appears on Grape...

Frank STENGEL reported a problem in Dockland Software on April 02, 2009 06:39:

No click through

When clicking on the grape desktop, the first click merely selects grape. So if I want to open a document (or even select it) in grape, I have to clik on grape's backgroud, wait a bit (so the the clik will not be seen as part of a multi-click) and then click/double-click to perform whatever action I had intended to do in the first place.

Couldn't the clik be sent straight to grape i.e. that the same click selects and acts on grape?

Frank STENGEL shared an idea in Dockland Software on April 02, 2009 06:34:

Dropping into folders

Could it be possible to be able to move items on folders in order to drop them into the folders?

Frank STENGEL asked a question in Dockland Software on April 02, 2009 06:30:

Adding a background picture

Will it be possible to add a background picture to the desktop?

Frank STENGEL reported a problem in Dockland Software on April 02, 2009 06:25:

Folders have no name unless selected.

folders on grape's desktop are displayed using their generic icon: there is no way to distinguish them unless one clicks on them. Would it be possible to have an option to display their name (without having to click on them)?