Great Moments by Design - Quick Look Folder Plugin
One of the new features I appreciated most about Leopard was Quick Look. An easily accessible tool that allows you to preview files without having to open specific applications—what’s not to like?
Here the description from Apple:
Quick Look works with nearly every file on your system, including images, text files, PDF documents, movies, Keynote presentations, Mail attachments, and Microsoft Word and Excel files. Just tap the Space bar to see a file in Quick Look, or click the Quick Look icon in the Finder window.
But there’s a key item missing from the list above. Folders. How does Quick Look display folders?
It basically shows a larger version of the folder icon. Here’s a sample:
Not all that helpful. You can use the arrow keys to navigate through the folder structure, but wouldn’t be easier if you could view the contents of each folder first?
And that’s where today’s Great Moment by Design comes in. Some time in the past I came across a link to a Quick Look Folder plugin, available here. Here’s how Quick Look handles a folder after this plugin is installed (requires a Finder relaunch):
Not only does it give a visual preview of the contents of a folder, but you can navigate through your folder structure while leaving Quick Look open. It’s a handier way to see the contents of your computer without slowing you down.
