I think this is a fantastic idea but the implementation suffers from two major problems.
1. Conflicts with Mac OS architecture. the default location for the folder containing Macabinet's documents is the root of your user folder. That's a really nonsensical location. At the very least, it should be in the Documents folder, where most other apps locate their default document location folder.
2. You can't drag aliases into the Macabinet. For folks who are very strict about how they organize their files, like me, this is a major problem. When you option-drag and drop a file on the Macabinet, the file itself is moved into the Macabinet, overriding the OS. It should be smart enough to realize one wanta to create an alias. (You can create an alias in the Macabinet folder in Finder, but what's the point of drag and drop in the app, then?) There should also be a prefs setting to create alias instead of doing a file move for the default drag and drop action, too.
Otherwise a very nice little app. But point two above prevents me from buying it.
Macabinet
themeable drawer for storing files
Version: 1.8.2
A nice idea with major problems
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: robulack Sunday, January 09 2005 @ 01:07 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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A nice idea with major problems - vlb-2008
I'd say both points prevent me from trying it :-(Tuesday, April 19 2005 @ 03:00 PM PDT
A nice idea with major problems - digitalphotod70
the alias thing is valid. But as someone else stated this is not dragthing so people looking for a dock replacement may not be satisfied.Saturday, November 05 2005 @ 09:56 PM PST
A nice idea with major problems - MAC_1984
Ditto on all these requests.Reply to This
Thursday, January 27 2005 @ 01:23 PM PST