Hi, I love PM, I use it all the time, but there are a few issues that I have with it and don't know if there are current work arounds, bugs, or feature requests, so here is the list:
First off I am using 4.4.3 on Windows XP.
* I like to keep the Favorites panel stacked under the Navigator panel. Often when I minimize PM and then restore it, the Favorites panel is now next to the Navigator panel. I find it very annoying.
* I, too, am a software developer. I use Microsoft Dev Studio 2005 and their help. The reason I bring this up is because they have a "Sync" button in their help. When you are displaying a given page of the help, you can click on the "Sync" button and make its navigation panel jump to where the current page is within the help. Personally I find this very helpful because often I need to reference something very close to the current help page. I find myself in the exact same situation with PM. Normally PM opens to the last contact sheet I had open. I would LOVE for there to be away to "sync" up the Navigator so that it has highlighted the folder for the current contact sheet. I am thinking something as simple as a right click on the contact sheet folder name (tab) and then get a pop up menu that says "Navigator Sync" and "Add to Favorites".
* I also use the Firefox web browser. I love their tabs, which is the same concept as contact sheets in PM. There are a number of features about Firefox tabs that I really like. One feature is being able to right click on a tab and to close all tabs EXCEPT the current one. I also like how you can drag tabs around. I also like how Firefox does have the refresh tab on the tab menu. I would love to see a contact sheet menu on PM that allows the syncing, adding to favorites, refreshing, closing, closing all but current, etc.
* Back in an older version I was able to select images based on the color class. Am I still able to? If so how? If not, are you willing to bring that feature back? I really loved it!
* Printing contact sheets. I tried this both at home (w/ Epson R200) and at work (big B&W laser printer/copier). At work it was fine, but at home… I go in to print a contact sheet and it starts off with 4 rows and 3 columns. When I print it that way, the thumbnails are really small and there is a lot of white space. When I try to up the columns to 4 or the rows to 5, next to those boxes it says "Error: thumbnail size too small". It drives me nuts! At work I believe I told it to do a 4x4 and it looked GREAT, no errors, perfecto! But not at home:( The whole thumbnail margins, I don’t understand it and I really don’t want to have to;) I simply want to say, "I want x columns and y rows, make it happen, figure out the right sizing for everything for me!"
* When watermarking the images that are exported via HTML, I am having a bear of a time getting it so that it does not cut off the last letter of the work Photography. Please see the attached image as a reference.
Sam
