ForkLift 1.7 Beta discussion thread

[csaba]

Dear Beta Testers,

You know the drill, we've done this before. We're counting on your professionalism and dedication.
You will find a brief of the mission in the blog entry.

Good hunting

(wow, BSG, what a finale)

[ono]

The new version is miraculous! Open in terminal & copy URL are really great! Things I noticed:
(1) Would be cool if we could open 7zip archives once we can create them.
(2) Would be cool if we can copy the path instead of URL on Cmd+P (some settings option?)
Suggestion would be -> if I select some files and do Cms+C (copy) and then move to some text editor Cmd+V would it be possible it will paste the file paths there ?
Anyway with latest change Forklift is almost perfect to me. Thanks!

[cintra]

The new sync feature is really great!

Only thing I still miss is a right-click option to be able to scan a file for virus with ClamXav, as one can do in Finder..

[schlaefer]

Functionally I love all the new features, esp. sync/merge, goto and open in terminal, here are the first impressions:

Archive Management
==================
Archiving is great, but unarchiving is very inconvenient.
- There's already http://forum.binarynights.com/showthread.php?t=306 and I support it. 98% of the time I use an external unarchiver, because you need to much clicks to extract in place in FL.
- Double Clicking should be identical as "Open" in the menu, but they do different things.
- There should be an Uncompress icon as companions to the Compress.
- I can't find the new Compress Options panel as shown in your blog post.

Advanced Preferences
====================
I can only see the new Advanced Prefs if I delete my old com.binarynights.ForkLift.plist.

Copy URL
========
I can paste URLs into TextEdit, but can't into MacVim or Pages.

Goto Folder
===========
- There is a awkward little space in front of the Goto textfield:


- It would be very handy to use ctrl+p and ctrl+n to scroll up and down in that list (!!)
- For a future version: typing ahead while the suggestion list is open should narrow down the results
- When an item is selected in the suggestion list and one hits enter, the 'Go'-Buttons flashes and everything is highlighted in the text field. Is this the desired outcome?
- When a suggestion is choosen with Tab the dialog stays in the suggest mode and shows all items in the choosen directory. At least without type ahead functionality I don't think this is an elegant solution.

Sync
====
- if you are allowed to have more than one sync window open, it should have some distinctive name in the title, for example the two name of the folders to sync, e.g. "Synchronization - Folder A - Folder B" (would also be handy for later versions if we want to save one of those as Sync-presets )
- when checking/unchecking in the Options, e.g. Sync subfolders or Sync invisible items, there is a lag until the Preview updates itself, a spinning wheel should indicate that the Preview is not up to date at this moment
- there seems to be no alias handling? The dialog deserves a little help button which clarifies such points

I'm not satisfied with the layout of the Sync dialog.

- for example: the top part as now section seperator, the middle part has the name on a line, the bottom part has a line with the name below the line
- There is another little space in front of this drop down:


- when the Preview is closed there's to much empty space

It just feels a little bit messy (I would have played with it, but it is a compiled nib)

Last buy not least as always: naming conventions
================================================
Menu: 'Open in Terminal', Icon: 'Open In Terminal'. Why? (And it should be 'Copy To' instead of 'Copy to', 'Move to' -> 'Move To' etc.; see: http://developer.apple.com/documenta...00365-BABDIBBH)

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Great update. Thanks folks. Can't wait to do some synching.

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[ono]

Then also it should be "Reveal in Finder" rather than "Reveal In Finder"

(1) Guys, Edit on folders stopped working! It is disabled! However it makes really sense, especially with TextMate that opens whole folder as a Project.
Please bring back Edit (F4) on folders!

(2) Please make an option (in Settings maybe ?) to Open terminal in new tab instead of new Window... here's an AppleScript that deals with it:

tell application "Terminal"
	activate
	set windowCount to (count of the windows)
	if windowCount is greater than 0 and first window is not busy then
		do script "cd #{path}" in first window
	else
		tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
		do script "cd #{path}" in first window
	end if
end tell

Taken and modified from http://markelikalderon.com/blog/2008...al-in-new-tab/

Note that this script is pretty cute, coz if the current window is not busy (is in shell not subcomand) it will not fork a tab, but reuse current window/tab.
Alternatively can you put the AppleScript skeleton in ForkLift.app/Contents/Resources ?

[Mudi]

The new version is miraculous! Open in terminal & copy URL are really great! Things I noticed:
(1) Would be cool if we could open 7zip archives once we can create them.

This will be addressed in 2.0.

[Mudi]

@Schlaefer Thanks for the detailed list. We will look into the issues you have found.

To access the Compress options you have to hold down the alt key while choosing compress from the menu/context menu

[Mudi]

Then also it should be "Reveal in Finder" rather than "Reveal In Finder"

(1) Guys, Edit on folders stopped working! It is disabled! However it makes really sense, especially with TextMate that opens whole folder as a Project.
Please bring back Edit (F4) on folders!

(2) Please make an option (in Settings maybe ?) to Open terminal in new tab instead of new Window... here's an AppleScript that deals with it:

tell application "Terminal"
	activate
	set windowCount to (count of the windows)
	if windowCount is greater than 0 and first window is not busy then
		do script "cd #{path}" in first window
	else
		tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
		do script "cd #{path}" in first window
	end if
end tell

Taken and modified from http://markelikalderon.com/blog/2008...al-in-new-tab/

Note that this script is pretty cute, coz if the current window is not busy (is in shell not subcomand) it will not fork a tab, but reuse current window/tab.
Alternatively can you put the AppleScript skeleton in ForkLift.app/Contents/Resources ?

First we used a very similar script but had issues with the tabs. I will consider putting the script into the resources folder so that you can tweak for your taste.

[sgtbob]

I just noticed,

1. Growl Notifications aren't working.
2. The Dock Icon progress bar is not working.
3. No Sound Notification (Can't remember if this was in 1.6)

I have deleted the plist and started afresh, but as above

[Mudi]

I just noticed,

1. Growl Notifications aren't working.
2. The Dock Icon progress bar is not working.
3. No Sound Notification (Can't remember if this was in 1.6)

I have deleted the plist and started afresh, but as above

1. Known
2. We changed it so it only appears when ForkLift is not the active window. (less visual clutter)
3. Never had it, but it's on our TODO list.