You can't say I've never blogged anything I don't like - remember that
three-pane widescreen plugin for Mail.app? Well, Jon Hicks (yeah, that
Jon Hicks) has brought the same window paradigm to Yojimbo with a
little hack. Now you too can be the proud owner of a three-pane, widescreen Yojimbo. The hack (which requires the latest version 1.4, that
we mentioned earlier) isn't hard to install, but you should still check out
Jon's post and follow his instructions word-for-word (to be clear: that especially includes the word 'backup'). There is also a minor catch with the hack in that you can't shrink the Yojimbo window too small, otherwise the notes list will overrun into the note preview window. Fortunately, clicking the bar between the two areas will snap them back into place, so you shouldn't have much to worry about.
Me? I still believe there's a lot in a name (and email subjects, too). Maybe it's my blogger practices, but nearly all my notes have very descriptive names, so I need to see as much of those names as possible. These widescreen hacks just feel like change for change's sake, as opposed to good UI (but don't get me wrong: Mr. Hicks does
fantastic work). But, in the end, I also still believe in "to each their own," so enjoy the hack if this is your bag.
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Vinay Venkatesh said 10:21PM on 1-17-2007
Well widescreen is nice because it makes (arguably) better use of the widescreen realestate on today's laptops and monitors.
That's basically the reason I use the mail widescreen hack on my MBP and not on my 4:3 display at home.
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w00master said 11:12PM on 1-17-2007
I'm with you on this. Personally, I despise the three panel view. I find 3 panel view (oddly enough) claustrophobic and totally cluttered. To each their own.
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Jon Hicks said 4:19AM on 1-18-2007
Personally, I like more height and less width on my preview pane, so that's why I created this hack. It should of course be a view option in the app itself, so that you can switch whenever you want to.
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David Anasco said 11:18AM on 1-18-2007
Jon, You rock. I have been looking for something like this. I was hoping that with the recent release of version 1.4, that this would be an option. Thanks to you it is. Excellent work
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