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Old 27-09-2007, 10:29 AM
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Window sizing in OS X
Here's a curious thing I've found about OS X ever since its first version.
In the Finder, open any window and select "View as Icons".
Now when you press the green (+) button at the top left, the window changes to fit all of the icons ... except one!
It's always a single icon short and you have to manually resize to see that last icon.
Is this a bug or a feature?


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Old 27-09-2007, 11:34 AM
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It's always about 2 pixels short for me...

But yes, this is a BUG. Like many of the UI BUGs in the Finder. I hope that some of these things will be fixed in Leopard.
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Old 28-09-2007, 09:57 AM
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Forgie,
Ta for that.
Good to see it's not just me!
Is there a list of Finder bugs anywhere? -- then we could check 'em off as and when 10.5 appears.


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Old 28-09-2007, 10:10 AM
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Looks to be fixed in 10.4.11 (well for me anyway).
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Old 02-10-2007, 02:34 PM
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After the intial click on (+), try doing it again.
Interesting result!
Not what you wanted to start with, but closer.


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Old 02-10-2007, 02:49 PM
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Try opening a PDF in preview, putting it on "Auto resize" then hitting the zoom button several times. It changes every time you hit it. Amazing. {golf claps}
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Old 02-10-2007, 03:32 PM
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Fixed in leopard.
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Old 02-10-2007, 04:58 PM
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Bring back OS 9!

(Just joking. Because we miss setting memory allocation for each application. OMG...)

Seriously though, that's just one of the things that is a step backwards from OS 9, which seems to have been neglected. Another e.g, if a folder is open, and then that folder is trashed. In OS 9, that open folder would close.

But not in OS X.
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Old 02-10-2007, 09:09 PM
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Folder still exists even if it's in trash. So why should window close. In OS X you can even use things that are in the trash by dragging to dock.
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