Finder labels making a return?

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Dec. 31
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:12:22 -0500
From: Dan Buchan
Subject: the return of Finder labels?


I'm not sure if anyone's pointed this out or not, but in the latest beta of the AppleScript Script Editor, if you choose "Open Dictionary..." under the File menu and choose the OS X Finder, then scroll to the very bottom where it says "Type Definitions" and click on Classes, you will see listed:

Class label: (NOT AVAILABLE YET) A Finder label (name and color)
Properties:
name Unicode text -- the name associated with the label
index integer -- the index in the front-to-back ordering within its container
color RGB color -- the color associated with the label

So perhaps Apple is, little by little, restoring features to the OS X Finder that folks were used to in the old OS 9 incarnation?

So then when will this be?

Yes I'm aware of Unsanity's haxie.

 

[Hemingray]

Interesting... maybe it will be a feature of 10.3? I never used labels much myself, but I understand how they could be valuable to some people. Maybe they will improve it somehow for OS X.

 

[strider42]

I hope they come back. its such a simple thing, but it can be relaly useful for many people, and doesn't negatively affect the user interface in any way. Should have been there a long time ago IMO

 

[mnkeybsness]

i really don't understand how people find them useful...i see them more as a distraction

 

[gopher]

Labels are really useful in isolating extension sets. I could see
someone labelling their plist files essential on a clean install of X to know what plist files have been added.

I can also see someone labelling folders inside one's documents folder as ones not to touch to communicate to others unfamiliar with X not to touch those folders. I've seen too many people accidently dump their Microsoft Office User Data and similar folders in their Documents folder or moving that folder to the desktop. If you use the Documents folder, be aware some folders are there for a purpose.

 

[zarathustra]

Old news... I posted this on september 25. with almost the same wording an a screen capture.

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