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Dragster - drag and drop file management and transfer with a twist
Ambrosia Software, those crazy kids with the Snapz Pro X and WireTap Pro, have unveiled the latest trick up their sleeve in the form of Dragster, an interesting approach to drag and drop file management and transfer. This utility, as you can see, lives in the Dock and is more or less like a drag and drop command center, allowing you to specify a number of locations you frequently need to move or send files to, such as remove servers, specific folders and more. These locations pop up when you drag items over Dragster's dock icon, allowing you to take care of your business right then and there, instead of rooting around in the Finder or tediously connecting and reconnecting servers. One feature I find a bit more interesting than its Dock icon abilities is the Contextual Menu that offers the same functionality. To me, this seems a bit easier to use and more efficient than dragging icons all around the display.Either way, try it out for yourself. A demo is available, while a license costs $19. Dragster, as most other new applications these days, is a Universal Binary.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
systemsboy said 2:27PM on 11-06-2006
If you're interested in the contextual menu aspect only, I've been using this for years:
http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/quick_access.html
It's free!
-systemsboy
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Matthew said 2:52PM on 11-06-2006
Nice, systemsboy, I'll check that out.
I love the Dragster concept, but balk at the price (given what I'd use it for).
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footnoteblog said 12:23AM on 11-12-2006
Nice idea. Fugly icon, though.
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Warren Chan said 3:37PM on 11-06-2006
What is the Windows Drop Box that's shown in as a destination? Is this a mac to windows drop copy utility?
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Marshall said 4:18PM on 11-06-2006
Looks like it is a Samba share
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garbanzito said 8:32PM on 11-06-2006
if you like the drag-to-Dock approach, but find Dragster a bit limited, check out DragThing, the most noble of the do-all drag-target apps
too bad DragThing can't pop up a pie palette at the mouse location ...
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