Craig Hockenberry

This is ridiculous.

If you don't have enough space to show paging arrows, you certainly don't have enough space to view the content.

May 17, 2023 at 4:47pmIvory for Mac
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 17, 2023
Let's not even talk about the uneven alignment of the arrows.
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 17, 2023

There are two things that could be happening here:

1) I'm getting old and cranky and like to complain about details.

2) The designers who are doing this stuff don't actually work with media files on the Mac.

I’m going with #2.

Show threadPeter CohenMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry why_not_both.jpg
Show threadR. L. Dane  May 17, 2023

@chockenberry

I think UI design is slowly dying/devolving.

We've come a long way from Jobs and Atkinson waxing poetic about rounded rects, and many things are less usable now than forty years ago.

Show threadSörenMay 17, 2023
@RL_Dane @chockenberry they’re also a lot more complex, to be fair. The Mac and the iPhone originally didn’t *do* that many things, so they could afford to be brilliantly simple.
Show threadProf. G.May 17, 2023
@chockenberry -- Always #2
Show threadMike PiontekMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry The other day I accidentally played a movie in the icon. These interactive icons were a fun idea but I’m not convinced they were ever a good idea? I’m surprised it’s still a feature.
Show threadLouie Mantia, Jr.May 17, 2023

@robotspacer icons aren’t big enough to reasonably preview content beyond its use as a thumbnail. Just… use quick look.

Team it was never a good idea.

Show threadCasey KelleyMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry It was one of those things that looked really cool when showing off OS X & its capabilities back in the day but completely unusable unless you're using 128x128 icons. Which, hey, some people may need but then they're probably not cycling through PDFs that way.
Show threadmanoloMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry this shit didnt use to be a problem before they broke it recently, its so annoying
Show threadIain AndersonMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry Weird; this doesn't happen on my Mac. If there's no room for the arrows, they don't appear at all.
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 17, 2023

Where there's a will, there's a way. To disable movie, PDF, and other useless previews, but still maintain the image on the icon, use this from Terminal:

$ defaults write com.apple.finder QLInlinePreviewMinimumSupportedSize -int 512

Then relaunch the Finder.

Halle-fricken-lujah!

Show threadSlade WatkinsMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry omg what!!! Running this immediately
Show threadCarl DouglasMay 18, 2023
@chockenberry I can't tell you how much this just improved my day.
Show threadkcǃMay 18, 2023

@chockenberry THIS IS AMAZING, THANK YOU!!

Now... if I could only get the icon previews BACK in the Mail.app all would be right with the world!! 😉

Show threadmanoloMay 18, 2023
@chockenberry omfg thank you
Show threadRyan FegleyMay 25, 2023
@chockenberry THANK. YOU. This has been driving me nuts for way too long!
Show threadKeirMay 26, 2023
@chockenberry instantly run! 🙇‍♂️
Show threadRicky MondelloMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry i’m getting goatse energy here
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 17, 2023
@rmondello Adds new meaning to “Finder”.
Show threadRicky MondelloMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry i hardly even
Show threadStephen Hackett May 17, 2023
@chockenberry @rmondello oh no
Show threadCraig HockenberryMay 17, 2023
@ismh @rmondello Thanks to Ricky, I'll never be able to open another multi-page PDF.
Show threadCasey LissMay 17, 2023
@rmondello I was thinking the exact same thing
Show threadBill LloydMay 17, 2023
@caseyliss @rmondello Now I understand how memes “spread.”
Show threadChristopher GrandeMay 18, 2023
@rmondello @chockenberry
Show threadMartin Du4May 17, 2023
@chockenberry I use an icon size of 512x512 and everything looks better except for that document holder on the left side obscuring much of the content.
Show threadEndlessMasonMay 17, 2023
@chockenberry sadly touch means everything needs a videogame style tutorial icon at all times