![]() ![]() a _header_ with brief interview or event details such as date, place, interviewer name, interviewee details a unique _identifier_ that labels an interview either through a name or number Simply put, we tried to take a common concept and make the most of it through attention to detail.Date: "Last updated: `r format(Sys.time(), '%B %d, %Y')` " And you don't have to clumsily delete and re-add steps whenever you want to change one - you can change every step to any renaming operation on the fly. If you select one of our renaming steps, Name Mangler shows you what that step does. We stack steps vertically, because our History feature scrolls horizontally, resulting in a two-dimensional renaming operations space, if you will. Apple's own Automator has done it this way ever since 2005 ( screenshot), when File List didn't have multiple steps and Renamer4Mac didn't even have File List's user interface yet.Īnd we didn't stop with using the same layout everyone uses. But you know what? That's how you do this kind of thing on the Mac. Let's ignore the fact that I didn't even know about Renamer 4's multi-step functionality until long after we had submitted Name Mangler 3 to the Mac App Store - you'd have to trust me on that one, after all. You can collapse each operation, the operations are stacked on top of each other, and there are little arrows that illustrate how each operation feeds into the next one.Īside: Where does that last downwards arrow in your design point, Mr. ![]() Here's what his multi-step interface looks like: Kerschner added to his application's main window before we added a similar feature to ours. So let's have a closer look at this, seeing as it's pretty much the only aspect of Renamer 4's user interface that Mr. It wasn't the first renaming utility that had an interface for that, but they were faster to market than us in that respect. One feature that Renamer 4 had before Name Mangler was the ability to rename in multiple, chained steps. We feel flattered about that, as long as our competition doesn't try to change history. ![]() There are now several renaming utilities that look like our own File List/Name Mangler, and one of those is Renamer 4. We don't think improving on our own design counts as design theft. Instead we now have little status lights that tell you about the validity of your configuration for each file individually. Rob liked them, but I thought they were too repetitive, and I got my wish. Apparently, he noticed that Name Mangler now had large document icons, and the settings were on the right.Īside: We dropped the arrows. Name Mangler 3.0, single renaming operation.Īnd that's what triggered Mr. That's where one used to be able to look up stuff like this.Īnyway, back in October of 2005, Renamer4Mac looked like this: ![]() If anyone could point me to a more accurate version history, I'd be very grateful.Īside: It's a pity that CNET seems to have deleted the old VersionTracker database. So the following is a reconstruction of its history, pieced together from web pages and copyright dates in About boxes. Renamer4Mac's history is very difficult to keep track of, because it seems to have changed ownership a couple of times over the years. (Update: We found a mention from February of 2003 on MacUpdate.) The application's name was Renamer4Mac. Kerschner later got involved with already existed. Kerschner's application may already have existed, but the earliest mention I've found is from October of 2005 the application Mr. I wasn't aware of any renaming utility that looked even remotely like this when I released File List. ![]()
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