VideoGameDesignFilter: What is it called when, in the first level or sequence of a game, the player is given all the available powers, only to have those powers taken away and rebuilt up? [more inside]
posted by MostHolyPorcine on Aug 2, 2009 - 20 answers

Who is the child in the icon for the "Preview" application in OS X? [more inside]
posted by Lucinda on Apr 21, 2009 - 9 answers

MacFilter: How do I get Preview back? [more inside]
posted by jammy on Nov 24, 2008 - 3 answers

I'm having trouble viewing pdfs using Preview on my Mac (OS 10.4.11). Parts of the document don't show up. I usually have to close the file and reopen it several times before the entire document renders properly. Has anyone else had this problem, and were you able to fix it? And, if so, how? [more inside]
posted by bluefly on Oct 9, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I preview a PDF file in Windows Explorer (XP Professional) without opening it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 4, 2008 - 7 answers

File Lister With Preview, like the old Lotus Magellan [more inside]
posted by KRS on Jul 24, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the best way to scan documents so that they scroll well in OS X? [more inside]
posted by cgomez on Jun 5, 2008 - 5 answers

I want to highlight and otherwise mark-up a PDF document in OSX. [more inside]
posted by Pants! on May 19, 2008 - 4 answers

I love Firefox. I love using the Fox. I love the warm and fuzzy feeling I get from using opensource software. But, I am drawn to Safari, and for only one feature. I love the way Safari handles PDFs. I like how it opens them in the blink of an eye, letting me view the PDF and then save it with the click of a button (overlay? whatever). What I'm wondering is, is there any way to get the same behaviour in Firefox. I'm relatively new to Macs (soon to be 1 year), so I'm not too familiar with all the ins and outs, but I assume it is somehow connected to Preview.app. There was an earlier attempt at doing something similar on ask.MeFi, but that didn't really lead anywhere. Google searching doesn't help either. In case you are wondering, I like this because I deal with a lot of PDF files (journal articles, woo). I'd consider switching to Safari as a main browser if it wasn't for the little differences (FF3's address bar, Command+1/2/3/4/etc, copious amount of extensions).
posted by doctor.dan on Mar 15, 2008 - 10 answers

Using Preview for PDFs, what can I do to maximize the size of the text as they appear on printouts? [more inside]
posted by numinous on Dec 7, 2007 - 17 answers

MovieFilter: Help me find the movie about teenage Star Wars fans traveling across country to steal the script for Episode 1! [more inside]
posted by argylekneesocks on Nov 20, 2007 - 5 answers

In the Yahoo email inbox - is there a way to see the first sentence of the email like I am shown in my Gmail inbox? [more inside]
posted by cda on Jul 13, 2007 - 7 answers

Is there a way to set up Preview and the preview in TexShop to display the pdf in continuous mode rather than one-single-page-at-a-time mode? I know you can do this for each document individually through the menus (or by right-clicking), but is there some hidden preference (in the plist?) that I can change to coerce Preview and TexShop to display in continuous mode by default?
posted by Friday on Jun 4, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I "Fit to Page" two slides (landscape orientation) in Mac's Preview if I'm printing two to a page? [more inside]
posted by remixer96 on Mar 20, 2007 - 2 answers

Why do my photos look different in Aperture after I white-balanced them with Preview? [more inside]
posted by BlackLeotardFront on Dec 15, 2006 - 1 answer

How can I get Illustrator CS2's font preview to work on my Windows machines? [more inside]
posted by hydrophonic on Oct 13, 2006 - 2 answers

Everytime i preview a JPG stored on my Windows XP desktop my whole PC freezes up for around 10 seconds...usually longer. [more inside]
posted by lemonfridge on Sep 5, 2006 - 4 answers

Anyone know of a video player or video catalog application with thumbnails? [more inside]
posted by mragreeable on Apr 30, 2006 - 4 answers

In Mac OS X, the "Finder/Spotlight Comments" is a handy way for me to store additional information about documents. It would be great to be able to read them without having to "Get Info". In particular, I'd like to either have them show up when hovering over the document in Finder (that is, use them as Help Tags), or have them show up in the Preview pane. [more inside]
posted by math on Apr 5, 2006 - 5 answers

What, if any, are the advantages to Adobe Acrobat Reader over Preview for Mac OS 10.4?
posted by cahlers on Nov 15, 2005 - 18 answers

This live preview hack seemed so beautiful and simple that I'm currently implementing it on a personal website. Any geekerHeads out there who can find any potential problems, or better yet, provide something more efficient? [more inside]
posted by poopy on Mar 18, 2004 - 3 answers