Matt Heerema
Ames, IA - http://www.mattheerema.com
@mheerema on Twitter, Husband, Father, Musician, Geek, Blogger, Armchair Theologian, Web Guru.
Filed under: Software, Internet Tools
Dropbox is taking suggestions on new features, vote for resource fork support!
Dropbox, one of my current top 5 favorite apps, has opened voting for their features roadmap. Some neat suggestions so far, but the most cryptic of the top 5 is among the most useful for Mac users: resource fork support!
For those less technical among us, the resource fork is metadata attached to a file that helps Mac OS better understand a file. Things like custom icons, folder info, spotlight comments, openmeta tags, and even file type are defined here. This is how Mac OS can do extension-less file names. This resource fork information is stripped in many backup applications (including Dropbox).
Go vote this feature request up (sign-in required) so we can all rejoice!
Here's the top 5 requests at time of writing:
- Selective sync. Ability to choose which files or folders get sync'd to which computers.
- Watch any folder. Sync folders outside the My/Dropbox folder
- Share folders without forcing other members to lose space.
- Email files to Dropbox.
- Mac resource fork support
Filed under: iMac
What the 27" iMac means for a designer
We asked our colleague over at Download Squad, Matt Heerema, for a designer's eye view on the new iMac 27" model.
Designers everywhere will rejoice at the announcement of the 27" iMac. With a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, you are just 160 pixels shy of a full, pricey 30" monitor (2560 x 1600). My current design setup (17" MBP, 24" Cinema display) nets me two 1920 x 1200 screens, though only one of them is really useful at a time.
My current Photoshop or Fireworks workspace occupies about 1500px of screen (with however much height is available at the moment). The 27" iMac means I would have a spare 1000px to have a browser with a full-width Web page open for reference, or possibly my coding environment (usually Textmate or Coda), for which 1000px would definitely be sufficient.
This side-by-side workspace would mean massively efficient flow. Combine that with the intense specs of the iMac (quad-core processor & boatloads of RAM, anyone?), and you have the ultimate designer machine. Also: The 27" will handle DisplayPort input as well as output, allowing it to double as an external display for yet another computer, in a pinch.
Now, where did I put my credit card?
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