BBEdit was updated yesterday which contained "fixes for customer-reported issues", and joy joy, now drag'n'drop works from Interarchy (and supposedly any application that handles URL's in drag events) to project sidebars! And I'm the one that reported it! Thank you Barebones!
So now this works:
Now, we just need the rest of How BBEdit SFTP should work to be implemented!
So, like I said earlier, I really want to keep using BBEdit, but SFTP support has become quite poor (which, it turns out after having chatted with BBEdit support, is due to a bug) and need to be updated. This is how I would like it to work:
First and foremost, I need to be able to drag files from Interarchy (or any other application capable of carrying URL data in a drag'n'drop event) to BBEdit. This used to work but doesn't anymore. This is a bug, which they will fix. Very good, over to the next:
When dragging a SFTP folder (i.e from Interarchy), BBEdit does not, and did not do anything. It couldn't handle it, or add it. When dragging a normal Finder folder to this space, you get this:
I.e. a folder hierarchy with all the files in the entire hierarchy. But when dragging a SFTP folder, I would like this to happen:
So, the difference here is that this creates what BBEdit calls "collections" rather than folders. These can be manually created, but by dragging a SFTP URL to a folder, a collection is created and BBEdit will use its SFTP engine to list the directory and create SFTP links and collections for each file and folder in the remote directory.
Now, this way, I get all the benefits of SFTP with all the usability of BBEdit's project management. Coda does precisely this with the "remote directory" pane in the sidebar. It is a "live" view of the remote directory. Only problem with Coda is that it can only show one directory there. With my solution here, I can add as many directories as I like from different parts of my remote server, and I can omit some files and directories that are irrelevant to my current task.
I can't see how any of this could be hard to implement. Obviously BBEdit could stop listing remote folders after X levels of hierarchies due to resources, or it could list them on-demand. So the sub collections are empty until selected and folded-out. Or why not read 2 levels of files/folders, and when selected, I get this:
So I can hit the reload widget and re-read the collection from the remote server, which empties the collection and replaces it with the same X-levels of information.
Pretty please, Barebones!
I've just come home from a week long stay in London with the family. We usually go on sunny island vacations rather than staying in a huge city, so rather than renting a car to go around, we planned on trusting public transportation. This was, of course, a good choice since public transportation in London is really really good.
To prepare for the trip, I downloaded a series of apps for the iPhone to aid us on our public transport needs, some official, some not. But when needed, all of them were quite inadequate and clumsy.
So, for our day to day transport needs, Google Maps were the one and only savior. I don't travel by public transport regularly and as I said, this was the first time we had use of it on a trip, so while this is common knowledge to most, it wasn't to me. And Apple Maps were of no good use, especially when Google Maps will allow me to punch in my destination and let me choose public transportation, and even better - specify just what public transportation. The kids much preferred going by bus rather than by underground, so after specifying bus in Google Maps, it would show me alternate bus lines, where the bus stops is and how to get there.
Again, this is common knowledge to most, but even though I knew Google had public transport support, I imagined that specialized apps would be much better at this. I was wrong.
Ok, so I wrote earlier about how I really want to like Coda and how ultimately, BBEdit is more suited for my workflow. But with the latest BBEdit update, I am constantly being driven towards another solution. Let me be a bit more specific.
As I wrote about in the other post, BBEdit has this great project management system where I create a new project and then just drag files to the sidebar. Coda doesn't have an equivalent. Their solution is called Sites, and is just a remote directory, which rarely maps 1:1 with how I want to manage files for a specific project.
But, as I also wrote - for mobility reasons (AFP doesn't mount as neatly and quickly on the road as just using SFTP) I want the files in the BBEdit project sidebar to be SFTP links, which it supports. But only for files - not folders. This is an unfortunate deal breaker.
And, with the latest update to BBEdit, this is even more broken. Before, I could open INterarchy and drag files from Interarchy to the BBEdit project sidebar, which would create SFTP links to those files there, which was amazingly simple and typical Mac ease of use. Just drag and drop and BBEdit will just understand it. Not any longer. Now, files in this area can only be created by using BBEdits own SFTP browser. And, let's be honest here - the built in SFTP browser in BBEdit is just plain garbage.
If BBEdit would just allow me to keep dragging SFTP links from Interarchy - and allow me to add SFTP folders that auto-update in the projects sidebar, I wouldn't be looking at Coda again now...
Apple Now Offering iMacs Equipped With VESA Mount Adapters as $40 Upgrade
Apple now offers VESA mounting of new iMacs! Old iMacs have had this as an add-on for a long time, but for the new iMacs, it's a BTO option and can't be added after you've bought your iMac.
As a commenter noted:
As a commenter noted:
Isn't it a bit cheeky charging for this, as it is offered instead of the foot, not as well as?
For me the Surface Pro is actually a great piece of hardware. For other digital artists out there looking for a portable solution or maybe a Cintiq 12WX alternative I would highly recommend it.
I have secretly wanted Wacom to make a tablet for years. A Wacom Android tablet would be awesome, but it seems that Microsoft had the same idea.
The Microsoft Surface Pro comes with a stylus, and Windows 8. The stylus and the screen has Wacom technology and supports several levels of pressure and reportedly excellent palm rejection so you can put your hand on the screen when using the stylus.
THis means that it's like a mobile Wacom Cintiq, only it has an entire computer built in. That's really cool. Penny Arcade comic strip guy Gabe tried it out and drew the strip on it, and it worked really well.
I really like drawing on the iPad, but it's not like drawing on my Cintiq. But I rarely use the Cintiq because that means I'm confined to the home office. With this, I could sit in the sofa and draw conveniently. That's pretty awesome. I do that with my iPad, and I actually have a Pogo Connect, which is a bluetooth stylus for the iPad that supports pressure sensitivity. It's great, but it's still a stylus for the iPad screen, meaning that it has a fat tip that emulates a finger tip.
The Surface is also, as opposed to the iPad, a complete computer, so you could actually use the full-blown Photoshop on it, which from a drawing perspective is quite sweet. Also, Corels Painter is a world-class paint/drawing program that is unrivaled and would be a perfect match here.
But it should also be noted that the stylus for the Surface is still a far cry from the Wacom Intous styluses with 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, and more importantly - support for tilt! Also, you can have several pens set up for different settings, and different pens for different tools. They have one that emulates a marker pen and one that works like an airbrush, for instance. It also has two buttons, and a pressure sensitive eraser nib at the top so you can reverse the pen and erase, which is undeniably a very useful function.
So that Wacom tablet? Still a dream - but the Surface Pro is a huge step closer to it!
I really like Surface, and I really like Windows 8. I like the idea behind it and the possibilities. I like how one OS can be used on more types of devices and how that opens up for developers.
Neither Surface or Windows 8 has been a huge success, yet, though. I won't speculate why that is, but I am interested in some of the possibilities with Windows 8, which is an operating system that lives in two worlds, really.
First, I am currently looking in to the ability to have a wall mounted iPad at home, for music remote for the AppleTV, family calendar, note board and lots of such things. The most promising solution for this is LaunchPort which is a magnetic holder that also charges the iPad via induction. Great thing is that you can have several "holders" for the iPad so it can be moved around to different mounts.
Anyway, this is a very nice solution, of course. And the iPad is really ideal for it. With great full screen apps that can be set up to control your lighting, home entertainment system and more. Windows 8 doesn't have that much app support right now, but some day it might.
But I'm not talking about home automation now, but rather about a different area - workplace wall mounted screen. The image here is of my "status board", which is a web application connected to the project rooms specified from my CRM system. So at work, we can access our projects from the computer, iPhone and iPad seamlessly as well as get a nice overview on this 46" LCD TV, which has a Mac mini connected to it that does only one thing - show this web page in full screen.
This is great! But it's very static, and you can't do anything with it really. It just reloads every minute or so. There are companies, like SMART, that have interactive TV's that has a special software you install on a computer that you connect to the TV. BUt that's just a middle hand. Imagine if the TV wasn't a TV, but rather a huge Windows 8 device. With built in hardware to run Windows 8, and a huge touch screen display. Suddenly this web application could be super useful!
I'm not sure it would be less expensive than a SMART solution, but it would be integrated, and no third party software would be needed. I'm sure there are lots of nice apps that could be used in a work environment on a wall mounted display. Things like weather, cork board with notes and the likes.
Terrifying Android Malware Hacks Your PC
It's one thing when malware attacks your phone, but it's another when that same malware hops over to your PC and then uses it to listen in on all your conversations on top of just messing with your phone. A newly discovered Android app—one that's in the Google Play store—can do just that. Beware.Sounds great!
Well, the Windows RT tablet market just got a bit less crowded, as Samsung has confirmed to CNET that its ATIV Tab won't be sold or distributed in the US. The company's decision is based in part upon feedback from retail partners, which suggested that such a product would be only modestly successful in the marketplace. Samsung also pointed to the lack of education about Windows RT, and suggested that it would require too much of an investment to properly inform consumers of the differences between it and Windows 8. Instead, the company will take a wait and see approach to gauge how the Windows RT market develops -- we've heard this line before. It's currently unclear whether Samsung's decision will affect the availability of its Windows RT tablets in other markets.
Too bad
references to several Office for iOS applications have begun creeping into Microsoft's support site, albeit as product tags that appear to have been applied improperly to support articles
Seems just logical for them to eventually release Office for the iPad. The interesting thing here is whether the iPad version will be better than the Windows 8 version...
Apple sold over two million iPhone 5s in China in first...
Even though there were no insanely long lines to rave about this time, Apple's now showing some big numbers merely three days after its iPhone 5 launch in China. According to the short press release fresh out of the oven, Cupertino's Chinese division has so far managed to sell over two million iPhone 5s through various channelsApple seems to be doing ok in China...
HERE Maps helps you feel like a local anywhere you go. See where you are, search and discover nearby places, and get a feel for the place.
Or, as a commenter put it:
How dare Nokia talk so smugly about Apple Maps, and how they will rescue Apple users and then go on to release this horrendous app.
Apparently, it's just a wrapper for a web app, which is why text is so hard to read. Also, no car-view TBT directions. It's just a map.
Kids and Adults Want iPads More Than Anything Else This Holiday...
According to a survey done by Nielsen, U.S. consumers aged 6-12 are significantly more interested in purchasing Apple?s iOS products over the next 6 months.
Apple Beginning to Catch Up on iPhone 5 Demand in U.S.by Arnold...
AppleInsider reports that Apple has nearly caught up with demand for the iPhone 5. This is based on data gathered by Piper Jaffray in nightly checks of 100 retail Apple Stores.I'm sure some see this as a sign of poor sales :)
Apple Beginning to Catch Up on iPhone 5 Demand in U.S. by Arnold...
AppleInsider reports that Apple has nearly caught up with demand for the iPhone 5. This is based on data gathered by Piper Jaffray in nightly checks of 100 retail Apple Stores.I?m sure some see this as a sign of poor sales :)
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