At 09:55 AM 3/29/04 -0800, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >To a limited extent (i.e. not for TGTools), you can arrange the Plugins >folder so that the menu is more organized, creating folders for whatever >sorts of categories you want. If it doesn't affect the loading time too >much for your taste, I suppose you could even copy the same plugin into more >than one folder if you want it organized as such.
The sorting isn't very helpful when the plugins are inconsistently named and with hidden features. And especially the TGTools mess -- a great plugin set, don't get me wrong, but one seriously in need of both an editor and designer, and one very much in need of being freed from its fixed, proprietary menu. And there are so many "hidden" features in the plugins that aren't logical until you've actually got the plugin dialog box open. I *hate* saying to myself, "Oh, THAT'S where that is!" I'll do something the hard way, only to discover a plugin that's been there for several versions of Finale, but is both badly named and with features that aren't obvious. Maybe some folks like that tabbed UI of TGTools, for example. I hate having to tab through a plugin to see if it just might be the one that does what I'm looking for. Since those issues aren't likely to be solved, I'm thinking an functional index is the next best thing -- as I described in another post, a kind of "cheat sheet" like the Finale reference card. I don't know about anyone else, but that reference card is always right under my cup of coffee next to the monitor. :) If Finale dumps their copy protection, I'll get the latest version and write that plugin index myself. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
