Beta Beat: Corkboard is your clipboard's buddy

crap, i cant use it cuz every time i install an update that needs a restar, the restart freezes the computer. no corkboard for me

Hmm, kinda cool. My thoughts:

Corkboard background should be the color of a corkboard, and more opaque (or settings to tweak this stuff).

Also, doesn't support dragging an image from a webpage, cut copy/paste into Corkboard works OK.

Wouldn't replace Jumpcut for me, but might be something to use in addition.

Not sure charging for a beta that won't be ready until 2009(?) is cool though. Keep the beta free, release time-expiring demos until the 1.0 release.

More documentation would be nice as well.

I must say I think it is a good idea for apple to snatch up as it could really help to enhance their multitasking mentality as of late. It would be just a perfect thing to add to hot corners and could instantly become a "Why didn't this exist before?" technology just like quicklook and exposé were in their day.

Okay I have suggestions that all ties in together. I'm explaining how to implement it aswell to show it's possible.

Notation: ADC - The apple default clipboard.

1) Have a little area designated for the Apple Default Clipboard - ADC. It shows a preview of whatever is in the ADC.

2) The standard "Command + C" will put an item in the ADC and highlights the ADC box in the corkboard.

3) Whenever an item in the permanent area is highlighted on the corkboard, it is automatically put in the ADC. As the ADC box displays the ADC contents which is redundant when an item is permanently stored, the ADC box fades out when a permanent item is selected. These features brought together removes unnecessary key presses and through the highlights makes it obvious what "Command + V" will result in.

4) Create a key combo like "Command + Option + C" which will put an item on the corkboard in the "permanent" area. Put it in an empty spot automatically and highlight it putting it in the ADC with direct "Command + V" access. Fade out the ADC box just like I said above.

All these put together makes for a mental distinction when copying "Do I want to use this right away?" or "Will I need this later?". It also puts all the information one could want up visually and simplifies the process by removing redundant button presses.

Note that since one might want to reorganize the board that a drag will NOT highlight an item. Lets say when dragging that the ADC box turns into a trash can to allow for the removal of an item without highlighting it first.

Okay, that's all I can think of now (well I have one more idea...). I know it's a bit of an overhaul but I honestly believe it would really help to bridge the gap between the clipboard and the corkboard making for a seamless transition that would complement the strengths of either technology making this the true extension to the old "Copy + Paste".

Whew I never thought I'd get through that...

Wow! I just installed this and am very impressed. Thanks Steven. Overall Corkboard makes clipboard use and management easy as well as visually appealing :) Apple should scoop this app up for Snow Leopard!

To get it to work, I had to reassign the "Display Corkboard" screen to F13 as the default Function keys were already in use. I'm running 10.5.4 on an Intel Mac.

Nice app. But is it really using 140mb of ram and over 3gb of virtual memory??!!

That seems really excessive.

I had this thing running for a little bit, deleted it, and e-mailed Ayluro to let them know my concerns.

Hint: Make sure everything is backed up before installing this thing.

Seems like an impressive idea and one that more of the average user might cope with better. It's too bad that it might not be ready until "early 2009". That gives others a better chance to gain ground with their own graphical versions of this.

The idea seems nice, but... Won't do anything here as well. It starts with a license message and quits.

Like CoverFlow and others, this will be a product purchased by Apple to implement in the OS.

nope. still ClipMenu for me.