August 21, 2008 – 1:49 pm
I quickly mocked up a few changes I'd like to see in ExpanDrive :
ExpanDrive - Proposed Interface
Basically, it displays information that is normally hidden behind the edit dialog. You can see quickly at a glance where each drive goes and how it logs in, and the edit button isn't hidden behind a context menu or drop down.
For comparison, here's the current interface:
ExpanDrive Interface
Check out Gruber's take on the ExpanDrive interface, slightly more comprehensive.
I've been annoyed for the last few years that the Photoshop Creative Suite versions never played nicely with the system shortcut cmd+space. That shortcut in Photoshop is a zoom tool that I use, hold the keys down, click and drag to zoom to the selected area. Convenient. However, by default, that same shortcut cmd+space in OS X will open up the spotlight menu drop down. Annoying.
It's even more annoying to me because I've assigned that shortcut to Quicksilver, which pops a dialog window in the middle of the screen. I could still work, it's just having that window popping in and out all the time was a little distracting. Especially if it pops up right where I was about to click.
I finally figured out a workaround that doesn't involve me changing keyboard shortcuts or disabling them completely. Simply switch the order you hit the keys. Instead of cmd+space, use space+cmd. You get the same result in Photoshop as if you used cmd+space, since the zoom tool is a function of the hand tool (brought up by holding the spacebar).
I can't believe it took me years to get annoyed enough to figure it out.
