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Fred Beecher shared an idea in yfrog on September 22, 2009 19:36:

Store right hand collapse states

When I collapse a box on the right, store that preference on my profile so I don't have to collapse it again the next time I come to yfrog. Seriously guys, I really REALLY don't care about what the Jonas Brothers have uploaded lately!

Fred Beecher started following the idea "More information on the unlock screen" in Apple.

Fred Beecher started following the idea "How do I use the accordion to add subheadings?" in Balsamiq.

Fred Beecher reported a problem in Microsoft Corporation on February 17, 2009 17:01:

Office 2008 for Mac apps do not effectively support Spaces

If I have the toolbox palette open on any Office 2008 for Mac app and I switch into a different Space (as in Leopard's "Spaces" feature), when I come back to the app the toolbox palette is either blank or in the incorrect space.

The only way this works as expected is if I command-tab to another app in another Space. Then it's fine. But if I manually switch to another Space, the palette breaks in the way described above.

Fred Beecher reported a problem in Microsoft Corporation on February 17, 2009 16:54:

Office 2008 for Mac apps do not support scrolling while not in focus

The OS X GUI standards support scrolling windows when the mouse hovers over them even when they are not in focus. Office 2008 apps, for whatever reason, do not support this standard interaction. PLEASE update the software to support this!

Fred Beecher marked one of Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni's replies in Balsamiq as useful. Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni replied to the problem "It's difficult to de-select text after double-clicking to edit".

Fred Beecher replied on July 09, 2008 21:37 to the problem "It's difficult to de-select text after double-clicking to edit" in Balsamiq:

AWESOME! Thanks so much! These tiny little changes made a world of difference!

Fred Beecher shared an idea in Apple on July 09, 2008 20:16:

How to fix scroll ball problems

Sometimes my scroll ball stops working. If you press real hard and move it around, that usually gets the gunk out and restores this mouse's mightiness.

Fred Beecher replied on July 09, 2008 20:03 to the discussion "Product Roadmap for Balsamiq Mockups" in Balsamiq:

I'd love to be able to change where the sliders on widgets like sliders & scrollbars are located, e.g., I could click on the slider triangle and drag it to a place along the line... or do what Visio does and indicate where it is by a percentage in the properties window.

I'd also love it if Mockups documents were like Visio documents, where you could access multiple pages via tabs at the bottom. I don't need background pages (this *is* a sketching app), but keeping sketches together is very important. Ultimately, I'd like to generate these multiple sketches into a multi-page PDF.

A lower priority would be some facility to do flow diagrams... but we're getting into straight-up Visio territory here, so I'd call this one highly optional.

I'm forced to use Visio but would rather use Mockups instead. Can you tell? : )

A comment on the discussion "Product Roadmap for Balsamiq Mockups" in Balsamiq:

A strong second for Export to PDF!!! – Fred Beecher, on July 09, 2008 20:00

A comment on the discussion "Product Roadmap for Balsamiq Mockups" in Balsamiq:

I don't need to free-form draw, but an assortment of basic shapes might be nice. Circles, ellipses, triangles, etc. They'd either need to be rotatable or have different versions (pointing right, left, up, down, etc.) – Fred Beecher, on July 09, 2008 19:59

Fred Beecher reported a problem in Balsamiq on July 09, 2008 19:52:

It's difficult to de-select text after double-clicking to edit

When you double-click to edit an object with text, all text in the object is selected by default which is good. However, the only way to DE-select the text is to click at the *very end* of the text. Typical GUI behavior allows you to click anywhere in the selected text to de-select it. It would be great if this behavior were implemented.

Fred Beecher replied on July 09, 2008 19:45 to the problem "Unwanted key repeats while holding down Shift (Mac OS X)" in Balsamiq:

Awesome! Thanks!

Fred Beecher marked one of Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni's replies in Balsamiq as useful. Giacomo 'Peldi' Guilizzoni replied to the problem "Unwanted key repeats while holding down Shift (Mac OS X)".

Fred Beecher reported a problem in Balsamiq on July 09, 2008 15:23:

Unwanted key repeats while holding down Shift (Mac OS X)

Frequently when I enter text while holding down the Shift key the character repeats three times. I'm using the Mac trial version of the software on OS X 10.5.4. Here's the process:

1. Create an object that requires text entry.
2. Double-click the object to enter text.
3. Hold down shift and press a letter key to get make the first letter a capital.
4. Scratch head in puzzlement as I look at the text "QQQuestion 1" : )

It also happens when I hold down shift to get other characters, e.g. "Question 1:::"

Fred Beecher started following the idea "Delete All Twitter Spammers" in Twitter.

Fred Beecher reported a problem in Adobe on June 02, 2008 21:07:

Clicking links from AIR apps opens new Firefox windows instead of tabs

Apparently, there's a problem with AIR in which clicking on a link will open a new window in Firefox instead of a new tab. This is specifically in reference to Twhirl. Here's a link to the original discussion:

http://getsatisfaction.com/seesmic/to...