Re: Apple HIG updated

2008-01-23 Thread Sarah Reichelt
I'd like to know, who's the brain trust (dare I say genius?) who decided that folders in the dock should display icons of their contents, rather than the folder icons themselves. I'm quite curious what was behind this (idiotic) decision. Yes, that was a completely crazy idea. I made myself

Re: Apple HIG updated

2008-01-23 Thread David Brooks
I've created png files and placed them in those folders -- with names like 1aaDownloads.png It is a clunky but workable anti-idiocy strategy. Best, Dave B. On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:35 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I'd like to know, who's the brain trust (dare I say genius?) who decided that

Re: Apple HIG updated

2008-01-23 Thread Devin Asay
On Jan 23, 2008, at 2:35 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: I'd like to know, who's the brain trust (dare I say genius?) who decided that folders in the dock should display icons of their contents, rather than the folder icons themselves. I'm quite curious what was behind this (idiotic) decision.

Re: Apple HIG updated

2008-01-23 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Devin Asay wrote: I'd like to know, who's the brain trust (dare I say genius?) who decided that folders in the dock should display icons of their contents, rather than the folder icons themselves. I'm quite curious what was behind this (idiotic) decision. Yes, that was a

Re: Apple HIG updated

2008-01-22 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Ian Wood wrote: apparently Apple updated their Human Interface Guidelines to include Leopard during MacWorld... I'd like to know, who's the brain trust (dare I say genius?) who decided that folders in the dock should display icons of their contents, rather than the folder icons