So yesterday I made sure I had my latest Time Machine update, the downloaded the huge 10.5.2 System update from Apple. All went well and everything seems to be running just fine as before. But I have a gripe. Why can't we have tabbed finder windows? Is it really hard to engineer? Does it break the UI? What's the deal? I know, I could install Cocoatechs really neat finder-replacement, Path Finder, but I've tried it (See below) and it's not for me. If you want loads of customization and uber-control over the finder, you should try it, it's great. All I want is some tabs so I can keep all my windows together and neat. What will it take to get them to allow the finder to catch up to Safari? (Yes I play Kitty Spangles Solitaire. What about it?)

I just saw this today. A paired down version of Painter that let's you get to the point without all the bells and whistles of the full version. At $80, it seems like a great way to get into Painter and decide if it's worth the additional $300 for the full version. David Biedny has a short review at Mac Life.



Painter Essentials 4’s uncluttered interface makes it easy to focus on painting instead of finding menu functions.

Tags: Graphic Art Software

I had a job the other day that used a typeface I thought I recognized, but for the life of me I couldn't place it. I remembered that MyFonts has this handy little tool called "What the font" that can help you figure out what font you're looking at. All I had to do was take a screen shot (Command-3) open it in Preview and crop the just to the words I wanted (You need to keep the image - jpg is best - to only a few items so the scanning software can pick out the letters easily). Then I uploaded my jpg to What the font, and it scanned the image, split it into separate letters and then asked me to identify the letters. Click Search, and in just seconds, I got my result. A really neat tool.