I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!

Apple Doesn't understand that they hurt me personally as a designer working within a massive folder structure. These people that say they adapted to these dots aren't pushing the limits of what they're doing on a mac. They don't have five programs open at once. When you have to sort out 3d files, png sequences, AI,Psd, AE, Comps, Pdfs that are all interconnected within a folder structure that can't be moved or renamed or all your links will be lost then we'd understand each other. Designers are visual people. **** even Xcel has full colored cells for a reason.

It's not a matter of not "liking" the colored dots, it's about not being about to find anything and wasting precious minutes trying to locate a file in a massive folder structure because your full color labels are gone forever.

The plug in only half works. Unfortunately it stops working when it matters most.. when you're trying to find a file to open within a program or searching for the right folder to export or save to. I've read through the pages here and I'm not alone. Just because apple won't change what they've done, doesn't make what they've done right, good, or the next big thing. This bizarre disorder some have of always defending the new because, well , it's new and we need to get over it, is absurd. New is only defensible when it's an improvement over the old, which in this case, it isn't. Some may not like say the new iphone icons, but they're still functionally solid and haven't screwed up my UX.... These dots are a UX nightmare. Period. It's not debatable. You might be satisfied with how quickly you can find your squishy face photos you made in photobooth, but that's why we're talking past each other.

Send more feedback to Apple.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

They will not send you any type of reply, but employees from Apple do look at feedback from users.

Hi,

A workaround might be to use custom icons for files and folders you want to color. There are many ways to do that.

gl,

kel

Hi,

A workaround might be to change to custom icons for your files and folders. An easy way is to use Preview.

gl,

kel

Vectorat wrote:

Apple Doesn't understand that they hurt me personally as a designer working within a massive folder structure.

Then why don't you tell them, we are just Apple users, like you. We can't 'unhurt' you.

Complain in the right venue, this is not it.

Vectorat,

You make a great case for keeping the colored folders. If I worked at Apple I would definitely strongly consider your argument, although I don't and I and Apple are probably from different planets, but you should write exactly what you wrote in a note to Apple like MichelPM suggested, it can't hurt and it may help, since it would add to the heap of feedback that they have received so far, and they are likely to be impressed by how much their product(s) is/are being used in pushing the envelope. I am not a graphic designer type and not as graphically oriented as you are but you do present an excellent case to this old retired engineer, now a tired and don't even wannabe a wannabe farmer anymore.

By the way what is a UX?

UX is short for "User experience". Lately the job postings of looking for a UX developer or UI (User interface) designer have exploded.

It's a new sort of discipline that requires designers to have some programing or coding experience. (which I do not, but am looking into it) User interface I think is of of the look of the interface, button designs, icon designs color choices ex.. but User experience is more of how the navigation will work, how easy will a users experience be? When you hit button x where will it take you, how do you get back to the home page or main menu, etc.

I'm sorry if this isn't the place to get upset, but this post is titled "I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!"

And I did email Apple!

I did! thank you!

Thanks, I think we used to call it human interface, user friendly, form, fit, and function, ..., just different words and acronyms. Each generation needs to own it with their own identifiers.

Sounds like it might be a good idea to learn some programming or coding, which should give you a leg up or a way to keep up with your compatriots and competitors.

Nobody - and by that I mean NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON ON PLANET EARTH - ever complained that the original method of color-tagging files was deficient in any way, and therefore needed to be changed. So, why did they change it? Because some worthless idiot middle-management type found himself in dire need of a line-item to put on his monthly report, in order to justify his worthless existence. Just one more reason why a once-great company has turned into a piece of crap.

And your technical question is?...

Slayton wrote:

Nobody - and by that I mean NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON ON PLANET EARTH - ever complained that the original method of color-tagging files was deficient in any way, and therefore needed to be changed.

Oh, and you of course can prove this with some link of other evidence?

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

Slayton wrote:

Nobody - and by that I mean NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON ON PLANET EARTH - ever complained that the original method of color-tagging files was deficient in any way, and therefore needed to be changed.

Oh, and you of course can prove this with some link of other evidence?

Pete

I'll take that bet. 🙂

Some of us cannot do that as our employer had no choice but to upgrade. As a person working in a dept within that company this new way of labelling is utterly useless to me and makes my job slower and more difficult. After two hours of staring at little dots, praying I haven't missed any, my eyes are rely sore.

This change from a database point of view is a poor substitute for what we had before.

Please change to having a preference to use either the dots or change to full colour for people that actually used this part of the software.