Feature Request- Another level of categories(optional)

Hey. There are still way too many apps to scroll through in each category, for users convenience and for vendors to be found (discoverability). On the menu, you could put More Specific Categories, and users could select from an extra level of more detailed categories. Thanks!

Gunnar R wrote:
I guess you could have a go at it using the terminal. The recipe is here (under the Finder heading).
http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/18/leopard-tweaking-terminal-codes
I have not tried it nor do I necessarily recommend it. (Let me know if it works though).
That site is actually what piqued my interest--I've actually commented there about the same issue. Unfortunately, the LocalizableCore.strings file is just a list of string elements to be used in the Finder interface--it has nothing to do with placement, ordering, etc. Localizable strings are what allow easy multi-language support in the OS. For example, each *.lproj folder in the Finder (or any app) Resources folder contains a set of Localizable strings (among other language-specific settings) that are specific to each supported language. The application chooses the correct *.lproj folder based on the system-wide language setting and renders the interface accordingly. For example, I could edit the English.lproj/LocalizableCore.strings and English.lproj/Localizable.strings files, replacing every entry with it's pig-latin translation. Viola, I've instantly converted the English localization to a pig-latin localization... anyway, I digress--none of this is relevant to reordering the Finder sidebar.
Thanks for the heads up, Gunnar. Unfortunately, this one doesn't do the trick--I'll let you know if I find anything else.

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Feature Request: 7d Mark II - Add option to show compass direction in viewfinder.

Please add option to show compass direction in the viewfinder display.

Skirball wrote:
That's interesting, I didn't know that they added new information to the viewfinder. I agree, it's a nice addition. That said, I'll still say that any change is unlikely for three reasons:
1) I'm guessing that the overlay is still some sort of LCD type technology, where you can't simply program in new information at will.
2) Even if I'm wrong and it is a customizable display, unless Canon programmed it with the intent of adding variables later it's probably more work than you think to add in a new feature and fully validate the design change.
3) Historically Canon has been very reserved with firmware updates. Usually they're just to fix errors, not add features. The one exception to that are updates to the 1Dx, which Canon seems happy to do. As they should, for a $6700 camera. But plenty of changes (such as the auto-ISO exposure compensation) could easily trickle down to other models. Not to mention allowing reprogramming of rear panel buttons for things like AF mode toggle, or white balance (6D). And they released the 7D2 with the same GPS battery drain issue they seem to refuse to acknowledge. Sorry, I think the chance of putting a compass in the viewfinder is slim. Just my opinion.
Your first 2½ points are valid, along with one you didn't make: Incorporating a compass into the viewfinder introduces a magnetic field in a location where you probably don't want one.
I think your third point is a bit overstated, however. The 7D (and I think also the 5D3) has had a fairly major firmware update during its lifetime that did include an additional feature that I thought was importatnt: the ability to name image files before they leave the camera. Since I have two 7Ds, it's very helpful to be able to see quickly which pictures were taken with which camera. And when I share photo shoots with my wife, it helps me tell my pictures from hers. (She uses a Rebel, which lacks the in-camera naming feature.)
All that aside, the value of an in-camera compass is at best debatable. If you actually need it, you probably want it to be accurate; and unless you never leave your home town, you'd have to recalibrate it often to keep it in sync with true north (or south). I think I'd consider it just another unnecessary distraction.
Bob
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Feature Request: Audio Level Control + Auto-accept chat

Hi all,
Just a quick note...
I am using iChat to monitor my elderly Grandfather who has mobility problems. He lives with me, but in a different room in my home.
I watch and listen in case he falls, or calls for help.
I use Bonjour to initiate a video chat and use his built in iSight in his iMac (intel).
The problem I am having is that there is no volume control on iChat, therefore the only way to control the level is via the main system volume. That doesn't work well since it affects all other things I am doing (music, videos, other chats, web pages...etc).
So basically I have to listen to his iChat session at system volume and 23 hours a day that's just coughing, or his TV, or whatnot.
It would be very useful if iChat had an independent volume control/mute for applications like this, and even for regular audio/video chat (some people listen to music while chatting).
The other request I would like up for consideration is a password protected auto-accept feature.
This would allow the host to automatically accept and initiate text/audio/video chats requested by authorized clients.
This way I don't have to initiate a chat, then run down to the other room to accept it.
Also this would be useful for security monitoring and baby monitoring purposes.
Thanks for listening
Sean

In the Alerts tab of iChat preferences, select Video Invitation from the Event pop-up menu. Then select the Run Applescript checkbox and select Auto Accept.applescript from the adjacent pop-up menu.
Granted, this doesn't give you password authentication, but I don't believe anything is available for providing that capability.
Hope this helps.
Palms831

Feature Request: Blackberry Q10 Search Configuration Option to "SHOW ALL" Results without clicking an arrow to expand

Hi,
So my search function does not find "Contacts", in order to search for contacts I need to go into the "Contacts" application/menu. Previously, I would be able to search for contacts using the Global search.
Not sure if this is supposed to be a feature, to separate searching for email content versus phone contacts, but I suspect it's probably a Blackberry Q10 glitch.
Oddly enough I added a contact called "Some New" now in the Search if I type "some" the "Some New" contact doesn't show up yet until I type "some n".
Ah I see, so the Blackberry by default in the search shows only the first few results and makes me click an arrow to expand results.
Perhaps a Default search setting to show ALL Results:
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Feature request: improved interface for 'synchronize' option

Hi,
sometimes I right-click a package and select 'synchronize with database'. There's one thing that jdeveloper wants to synchronize all the time, but I don't want it to (something I need later, so I don't want to synchronize that particular thing yet).
Currently, you can only 'synchronize all' or individually perform all synchronization tasks. I would like a 'synchronize all but ... ' feature. Or, in other words, maybe a set of checkboxes so you can select what to synchronize and what not? The 'synchronize all' button ould then just check all boxes, and there could be a 'none' button as well, and an 'invert selection' button.
The 'ok' button would then perform the synchronization, and there should be a 'cancel' button.
(Currently, the naming of the 'ok' button is inconsistent. 'ok' implies that it will perform an action after clicking it. It should actually have been called 'close' since it merely closes the dialog)
Greetings,
Ivo

Hi,
sometimes I right-click a package and select 'synchronize with database'. There's one thing that jdeveloper wants to synchronize all the time, but I don't want it to (something I need later, so I don't want to synchronize that particular thing yet).
Currently, you can only 'synchronize all' or individually perform all synchronization tasks. I would like a 'synchronize all but ... ' feature. Or, in other words, maybe a set of checkboxes so you can select what to synchronize and what not? The 'synchronize all' button ould then just check all boxes, and there could be a 'none' button as well, and an 'invert selection' button.Good suggestions all and I'd log an ER for this for a future release.
The 'ok' button would then perform the synchronization, and there should be a 'cancel' button.
(Currently, the naming of the 'ok' button is inconsistent. 'ok' implies that it will perform an action after clicking it. It should actually have been called 'close' since it merely closes the dialog)This has been debated off and on and we haven't had a conclusive result. Lets hope the UI ERs you've mentioned above takes this into consideration once again.
Greetings,
Ivo

FEATURE REQUEST: Rearrangeable Finder sidebar categories in Leopard

I've been searching high and low for information on rearranging the categories in Leopard's Finder sidebar, and I've yet to see anything indicating this is possible.
In my digging, I've discovered that you can completely remove categories by un-checking all the possible entries in the Finder > Sidebar preference pane. While this is nice, it's not really a solution. I want to see PLACES at the top of the sidebar list without completely removing the DEVICES and SHARED categories.
Take Leopard's Mail, for example. If I'd like to see all of my subscribed RSS feeds listed before all of my MAILBOXES, I can simply drag the category heading to reposition it within Mail's sidebar. The same is not possible in Finder's sidebar, at least as far as I've seen.
If anyone can prove me wrong here, I'd be forever grateful.

Gunnar R wrote:
I guess you could have a go at it using the terminal. The recipe is here (under the Finder heading).
http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/18/leopard-tweaking-terminal-codes
I have not tried it nor do I necessarily recommend it. (Let me know if it works though).
That site is actually what piqued my interest--I've actually commented there about the same issue. Unfortunately, the LocalizableCore.strings file is just a list of string elements to be used in the Finder interface--it has nothing to do with placement, ordering, etc. Localizable strings are what allow easy multi-language support in the OS. For example, each *.lproj folder in the Finder (or any app) Resources folder contains a set of Localizable strings (among other language-specific settings) that are specific to each supported language. The application chooses the correct *.lproj folder based on the system-wide language setting and renders the interface accordingly. For example, I could edit the English.lproj/LocalizableCore.strings and English.lproj/Localizable.strings files, replacing every entry with it's pig-latin translation. Viola, I've instantly converted the English localization to a pig-latin localization... anyway, I digress--none of this is relevant to reordering the Finder sidebar.
Thanks for the heads up, Gunnar. Unfortunately, this one doesn't do the trick--I'll let you know if I find anything else.

Feature Request: Preset Preview on Second Monitor

Currently, when you have monitor 2 set on "Loupe" mode and it is set for a "Live" view, and then scroll across the filmstrip on monitor 1, you can see the images change on the second monitor.
I would like to have the ability to set monitor 2 on "Loupe" mode with a "Preset" view, so you can see the effects a preset will have in the larger view, as you scroll over the presets you have created on monitor 1.
The ability to see what effects a preset will have on an image is a great tool. The only issue I have with it in its current condition is the size of the preview window. IMHO, being able to see how the image would be effected full-screen before having to actually apply a preset would take this feature to another level.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Regards, JML

This is an absolute must.

CS5 feature request - audio import?

Does anyone else think a feature request to add an "ask" option for PREFERENCES-AUDIO-DEFAULT TRACK FORMAT would be a great idea?
I'm constantly having to switch between stereo and mono etc when importing different types of files from different camera types etc. A pain.
Paul.

Paul,
Not sure exactly what you are looking to do here. One can set up a default Sequence layout, and that will be what is initially shown, with New Sequence.
My default is 2 Mono, 4 Stereo and a DD 5.1 SS Master. If I know that I will have a Sequence with more SFX Mono Tracks, I just bump that count up, when doing New Sequence. Same of Stereo, if I know that I will have, say more Music Tracks.
Are you saying that you'd like "floating channel-counts" for Tracks, so that they could be either Mono, or Stereo? If so, I do not see that happening.
If you are asking for maybe a Click+drag on Audio Tracks to rearrange them, like many DAW programs, that would be different. Though I use the PrPro method of Create/Delete Tracks, to get the order/arrangement that I need, the Click+drag is not a bad idea, and many have filed that Feature Request, including myself, though I am comfortable with the current method, and can easily live with it.
Can you clarify a bit more?
Thanks and good luck,
Hunt

Feature Request: AE Collect Option in PPro Project Manager

While PPro Project Manager collects linked AEP projects, it falls short of collecting assets embedded with the AEP project itself. This results in the user having to re-open the AEP project, locate and copy the original embedded media to new location and relink.
Another option is to open the original AEP Project, perform a collectioning within AEP, then having to manually import and replace the media on the timeline in the newly collected PPro. Tedious considering the complexity of AEPs that can run several layers deep with many assets.
Is this feature possible to add in the next round of updates?

The feature request site appears to be down now, but you should go here when it's back up:
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Feature Request: Add Skype option to user name field in contacts

Feature Request: Add Skype option to user name field in contacts
I know skype maintains it's own names but this is so you don't lose everrything when you move from one place to another. Or need to skype someone from an internet cafe with your iphone.

Why not simply add the field by modifying the template?

Feature Request: Disable report-level sums if only break-level sums needed

Hi,
With all my success earlier in reporting a bug and getting it fixed in the same day I thought I might try my hand at a feature request and see how I get on.
Would it possible to have the option to turn off the report summary record when summing on a break column?
There are times when you just want one level and not both. I know there is a trick using javascript to hide the summary row but its pretty unfriendly and the javascript shows up in Excel when the report is exported.
Also, I'd quite like to be able to put the sum column value in the description for the summary. At the moment you can only include the header using #SUM_COLUMN_HEADER# but #SUM_COLUMN_VALUE# would also be useful.
Keep up the good work - Apex rocks!
Thanks,
Alastair

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Feature Request - Options to Size & Align Type by Cap Height

I have repeated this feature request at least a couple or more times in this forum over the years. It's a pretty fundamental, basic design thing that bears repeating until the feature is incorporated somehow.
From its first version up to now Adobe Illustrator has only sized type according to the height of the Em Square. That's the standard convention for print and doesn't really need to change for print publishing. However the Em square methods are really pretty bad in other areas. Designers need pixel-level control for creating and positioning type on electronic, pixel-based screens. For large format printing, sign design and outdoor advertising designers need to size type by cap height in units of inches, centimeters or pixels when designing for LED variable message center signs.
Adobe Illustrator currently can't even do something as simple as accurately aligning lettering vertically inside of a box. When aligning by way of the Em square the type is never correctly aligned. The fundamentals needed for this have never been present in the application. It really stinks. Designers have to employ all sorts of time-wasting work-arounds to get the type looking correct. This makes basic tasks like button creation far more of a time wasting chore than it should be.
All fonts have built-in values that establish a capital letter height in numerical terms (the units between the base line and M height line). Industry specific sign design software applications like Flexi and Gerber Omega access that font data and allow designers to accurately size, align and position type according to its capital letter height. Adobe Illustrator can and should be able to do the very same thing. Not only that, but Illustrator could let designers size, position and align type in terms of inches, centimeters and pixels.
I'm not sure how this feature should be incorporated. Perhaps it could be something that users can enable in the document setup. Or it could be an optional type palette. Nevertheless, it is a badly needed, very basic feature rooted in the core of Adobe Illustrator's vector object editing purposes.

I'll also add this is a feature that should be carried over into Adobe Photoshop too.
Within Adobe Photoshop if you want to size type in terms of pixels the type is, again, sized according to the Em square. Unless you're setting type at pretty large pixel sizes the rendered type really ends up looking pretty bad. That's because the edge of the baseline and the edge of the cap height line are never aligned to the pixel grid. You end up with type that's fuzzy looking on all sides. If designers were able to tell Photoshop "make this lettering 20 pixels tall according to the capital letters" the lettering would looking a whole lot better. Perfectly crisp edges on the base lines and cap height lines.

Feature Request - Please allow for a "classic" view option.

Please allow for a "classic" view option like you have in Mail. Miss the sidebar that had a list of all the calendars using. The pop up list is not nearly as functional. iCal in Lion may be great for touch screen users but is a step back on the intuitive scale for Mac users.
Also, the delete / revert button are too close to the done button. Too easy to hit on accident.

This is a good feature request and should be submitted here: Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form
The team reviews all the requests that come in through that form. It is a guaranteed way to get your request seen while we do not always see everything that gets posted to the forums.

FEATURE REQUEST: Enhanced Texture Options in FW

Recently, a forum user was asking how to change the color of a texture in Fireworks to red or blue. In particular, he/she was struggling with attempting to apply a texture to a white object, and it wasn't showing up.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1006694?tstart=0
The question got me thinking about textures, how they're created and how they're applied. Textures are a unique and distinctive feature of Fireworks. On the one hand, the interface for textures is very simple to use and almost magical; on the other hand, it's surprisingly limited. The concept is great, but the implementation seems only half-baked.
With this in mind, I'd like to suggest a few simple ways that textures could be made more fluid and versatile in Fireworks.
First, a little background...
WHAT IS A TEXTURE?
In the world of Fireworks, a texture is basically a type of pattern that's applied to an object. However, unlike a pattern fill, textures include transparency and integrate with the existing fill content (color, gradient or pattern). They're suggestive of textures in the real world, which are often tactile and defined visually by light and shadow.
Texture graphics are most commonly grayscale ("black and white") in GIF or PNG format. Applied within the application, the graphics are converted "on the fly" to white-on-transparency. If the Transparent option is checked, the graphic is converted into a sort of mask, making the "textured" areas invisible instead of white.
And that's about it.
So what if you'd like to apply a dark texture to a white object? Sorry, it can't be done. What if you'd like to apply a texture in color? It can't be done. What if you'd like to reverse or invert the pattern of the texture? Can't be done.
Well, in fact, these things can be done, but not directly. They require workarounds such as cloning the object and placing the clone above or beneath the original, applying textures as pattern fills (instead of as textures) and adding effects like Color Fill, Invert, and Convert to Alpha, or editing the texture file directly, saving out a new copy, etc. In short, there are unintuitive ways to accomplish these goals that lead to bloated effects lists and layers or that require extra time and care.
HOW CAN TEXTURES BE IMPROVED?
First of all, does it make any sense that textures are applied exclusively in white? Not really. In the real world, a texture can be defined not just by light but by shadow. And even shadows can have color. This means that, at minimum, it would make sense to allow for the application of a texture in black, and, at maximum, in any chosen color.
Secondly, textures are relative. They represent change to an existing surface. Sometimes, it might make sense to highlight the texture itself; other times, the surface around the texture. This means that being able to quickly reverse the figure-ground relationship of a texture would be a very handy feature.
With the above concerns in mind, I've devised three 'user interface' scenarios, presented here in order of most conservative to most extreme. The first scenario is the least powerful but still doubles the number of possible outcomes (compared to the existing interface). The second scenario may be the most logical of the bunch and represents a modest evolution of the existing interface, while increasing the number of potential outcomes even further. The third scenario allows for the application of any color to a texture but also represents the biggest change to the existing interface; that said, it's also quite compact.
Scenario 1: Invert option
The idea here is simply to add an Invert checkbox to the existing options. Checking this option would convert white to black, allowing for the application of dark textures to white or light-colored objects. In "Transparent" mode, this option would invert or reverse the figure-ground relationship of the existing texture.
Scenario 2: Dropdown menu plus Reverse option
Here, the Transparent checkbox is replaced by a dropdown menu that includes 3 mutually exclusive options: White, Black, or Transparent. Checking the "Reverse" option would invert the figure-ground relationship of the texture. This scenario allows for 6 possible outcomes in place of the existing 2, and is actually more logical than the first scenario, which conflates two options.
Scenario 3: Color picker plus Reverse option
Here, the Transparent checkbox is removed, and in its place, a color chip/palette is added to allow for the selection of any color to be applied to a texture. (Choosing Fill: None would create Transparency.) Again, a "Reverse" option would invert the figure-ground relationship of the texture. This scenario differs most from the existing interface but is quite compact and allows for the greatest number of outcomes.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
I've submitted a feature request to Adobe's official site:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
When it comes to bugs and/or feature requests, every vote counts. If you care about this issue, I encourage you to submit your own feature request to the above URL, referencing this post if desired. Feel free to copy and paste the feature request below or write your own. (Be aware that there is a 2,000 character limit to the "issue description" of a bug report or feature request, and the following report is very close to that maximum.)
FEATURE REQUEST
Product name: Fireworks
Product Version: 12.0.0.236
Product language: English
*******Enhancement / FMR*********
Brief title for your desired feature: Enhanced texture controls, including the ability to apply textures in black and/or color (instead of white), and the ability to reverse or invert texture.
How would you like the feature to work? Three possible implementations have been outlined in this forum posting:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1042206?tstart=0
The basic scenarios are as follows:
SCENARIO 1: An additional "Invert" option. Checking this option would convert white to black, allowing for the application of dark textures to white or light-colored objects. In "Transparent" mode, this option would invert or reverse the figure-ground relationship of the existing texture. This scenario would allow for 4 options in place of the existing 2.
SCENARIO 2: Replace Transparent checkbox with a dropdown menu (White-Black-Transparent) and a "Reverse" checkbox. The dropdown menu offers 3 mutually exclusive options, while "Reverse" inverts the figure-ground relationship of the texture in each case. This scenario would allow for 6 options in place of the existing 2.
SCENARIO 3: Replace Transparent checkbox with a color chip/palette and a "Reverse" checkbox. The color palette would allow for the application of a texture in any color, while choosing Fill: None would create Transparency. This scenario would allow for the greatest number of options.
Why is this feature important to you? Textures are unique to Fireworks and potentially very useful, but their implementation is incomplete. The use of 'white only' means that textures cannot be applied to a white object. Inverting a texture or applying a texture in color requires advanced workarounds and can lead to bloat. The suggested options would make the feature exponentially more powerful and intuitive.

Thanks, Jim! It is a very blog-like post. (I still haven't gotten around to starting a blog but keep thinking I should.)
I figured the clearer and more thought-out the presentation, the greater the likelihood it might get implemented. Also, I was originally stuck on Scenario 1 as a solution, and writing this helped me see other options.

Feature Request: Option to Not Autohide Video Controller

Curently, when you enable the built in video controller it will auto-hide when the cursor is not over the movie. I'd like to request you make the autohide feature a checkbox option in the Video properties area and have the video controller stay on the screen as the default behavior. Here's why.
When students come to a sheet with an enbedded video, they have no idea it's a video unless they accidentially move the cursor over the video area. It would be great to have the video controller always visible to let users know there is a video on the sheet, and would save developers some time from having to add instructions on the sheet to play the video. I'd like to remove any/all confusion the students might have in using content built by ROME.
Thanks.
David Egbert

Thanks David! This is now added to the feature request list.
Best,
Sarah
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