Recent Activity by mfichtner

Excellent. This is the best clipboard history tool I've seen so far.

@el_cravito: "Clear History" works for me. Try it with more than one item in your history list.

I have uninstalled and installed ClipMenu again and now "Clear History" is working.
Thank you for the tip, mfichtner.

The interface sucks. This massive misuse of HUD-style windows (a.k.a. "transparent panels") totally kills usability.

If anyone can discover a way to simply align layers, you're my hero -- but I have the sinking suspicion that Pixelmator doesn't actually support basic functionality like that. A lot of potential in this app, but the basics desperately need work.

Great app.

But what's with the new icon?! Displaying a fake mouse pointer as part of an app's icon is such a bad idea.

I agree with mfichtner.

This app could need of a few extra bucks spent, hiring a designer so as to gain a higher visual overall level (including icon). I'm not saying it because I have a desire to sound negative, but this has been on my mind regarding this app, for a good while now. And because it's one of the most mysteriously unrecognized apps I can think of today, I find myself unable not letting it out.

A major reason behind the exorbitant hypeness of Transmit, as well as the large amount of people overlooking Yummy FTP, is due to the fact that the creators of Transmit devote great care to the necessity of visual delightfulness; an aspect that you simply cannot dodge in the competition between cutting edge Mac soft today. That's it. Icon is king. Along with a number of other details, of course. But the icon... Personally I'd argue that it's the single most important thing.

In comparison, Yummy FTP is a lot more trustworthy, a lot faster and simply has a lot more "roar" under the hood, than Transmit. Still, it lacks the looks of a real champion app. So, let's hear it for a substantial makeover.

January 8th 2008: Transmit, 3708 - Yummy FTP, 320.

I'll put everything I got, including two horrible cats and a lousy career on the bet that Yummy will be closing in by the end of the year, 31st of December 2008.

That's an interesting idea!

One suggestion: I think it would be useful if the AppTrap dialog window displayed the name and icon of the application that's being deleted.

How does this compare to AppZapper, uApp in terms of effectiveness at removing associated files?

Looks like the interaction is the inverse of AppZapper, as suggested in the description. It's a good point -- it'd be even cooler if it used AppZapper if you had it installed already.

I like it. I agree that it needs to show the app's icon, and will add that the window should be expanded to show all the files being deleted. You're deleting my stuff, after all! At least tell me which stuff it is. I don't think hiding that information should even be an option.

Also, sometimes the path gets trimmed off.

Also, no scrollbar.

Good start though.

brian: You can expand the window to show a list of files, just click the small arrow.

I know, sorry. I was talking about defaults.

The only major thing preventing me from installing this is the lack of distinguishing between a genuine uninstall and a Sparkle-based updating event, where the previous version of a given app is sent to the trash (as noted in the documentation).

The only thing I can think of is some kind of check for the presence of Sparkle in the app, but I wouldn't know how to implement that, or if that's even possible.

rampancy: Checking for the existence of Sparkle in the app, as a method to detect auto-updated apps, would at the same time prevent AppTrap from actually removing those apps when you want to. This is a hard problem to solve, but it should be possible. All ideas are welcome.

If the app has been updated with Sparkle, then surely there should be 1) the old version in the trash 2) the new version where the old one used to be? I wonder if that's an easy enough check to make programatically?

I'm surprised how few people know this, but you can drag AppZapper to your Finder toolbar. When you want to delete an application you can simply drag the application onto the AppZapper icon in the toolbar and AppZapper will automatically open and show you the files to be deleted. You simply click Zap! and then close the application. This way there is only one more step than AppTrap. Granted, AppTrap is free and AppZapper is not, so I'm hoping AppTrap catches on. Nothing beats good competition!

I think Matt has the right idea, actually. It might make the process slower actually, but Matt's solution sounds to me like it's the most simple one to implement (compared to any Sparkle-related stuff I might have suggested).

@rickyb: I delete almost everything using Apple+Backspace, so the AppZapper icon solution is not good enough. It also requires closing down after you zap, so is a lot more of an interruption.

@rampancy: Yay me!

I love this one! Thanks a lot! Sometimes I find myself deleting apps just for fun ;-)

Just checked their website today. It appears to be gone.