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Raskin Software LLC
Raskin is an alternative desktop interface for Mac OS X. It simplifies interaction with your computer by placing your documents on a zoomable surface, avoiding the clutter of multiple windows. Raskin makes finding, organizing, previewing, and opening documents seamless and time-saving. Raskin is named after and inspired by the work of Macintosh visionary Jef Raskin.
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Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. With Raskin the contents of your files and folders are displayed openly with full previews -
See more with Raskin
Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. With Raskin the contents of your files and folders are displayed openly with full previews -
What's New
Version 1.8.1:
Fixed
- Hang when renaming a folder.
- Crash while using Raskin.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.3 or later
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| Downloads:14,116 |
| Version Downloads:351 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:06 Apr 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $24.99 |
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Raskin is an alternative desktop interface for Mac OS X. It simplifies interaction with your computer by placing your documents on a zoomable surface, avoiding the clutter of multiple windows. Raskin makes finding, organizing, previewing, and opening documents seamless and time-saving. Raskin is named after and inspired by the work of Macintosh visionary Jef Raskin.
See more with Raskin
Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. With Raskin the contents of your files and folders are displayed openly with full previews - zoom-in for a closer look.
Interact with your Mac in a whole new way
Use simple trackpad gestures, like on the iPhone or iPad, to zoom and pan your way around the contents of your computer.
Raskin also lets you zoom away from whatever application you're in, back into the Raskin Surface so you can see the location of the file you're working on and related documents saved nearby.
Complement Finder and Exposé
Quickly review and organize your visual files - photos, graphics, presentations, and artwork on the Raskin Surface with seamless zooming of all file types. No importing necessary. And Raskin's "Bird's Eye Windows" shortcut let's you zoom-in on and get details of all open application windows.
View large photo sets instantly
Handling photography is a snap with Raskin. Just insert the memory card or connect the hard disk containing your photos and you're ready to start reviewing and making selections. And since the Raskin Surface is fully interactive you can immediately group, arrange, rename or rate them using color labels.
Simplify your design and editorial workflow
Raskin is the perfect tool for designers or anyone that handles artwork on the Mac. Because it presents all your documents visually, you won't waste time hunting for stuff and you'll have more time to do what you do best.
Stay organized and productive
Raskin maintains Finder's built-in file and folder structure to help you stay organized and it also helps you intuitively remember the location of files thanks to your spatial memory - a massive time-saver.
See more with Raskin
Forget digging through deep folder structures or remembering file names. With Raskin the contents of your files and folders are displayed openly with full previews - zoom-in for a closer look.
Interact with your Mac in a whole new way
Use simple trackpad gestures, like on the iPhone or iPad, to zoom and pan your way around the contents of your computer.
Raskin also lets you zoom away from whatever application you're in, back into the Raskin Surface so you can see the location of the file you're working on and related documents saved nearby.
Complement Finder and Exposé
Quickly review and organize your visual files - photos, graphics, presentations, and artwork on the Raskin Surface with seamless zooming of all file types. No importing necessary. And Raskin's "Bird's Eye Windows" shortcut let's you zoom-in on and get details of all open application windows.
View large photo sets instantly
Handling photography is a snap with Raskin. Just insert the memory card or connect the hard disk containing your photos and you're ready to start reviewing and making selections. And since the Raskin Surface is fully interactive you can immediately group, arrange, rename or rate them using color labels.
Simplify your design and editorial workflow
Raskin is the perfect tool for designers or anyone that handles artwork on the Mac. Because it presents all your documents visually, you won't waste time hunting for stuff and you'll have more time to do what you do best.
Stay organized and productive
Raskin maintains Finder's built-in file and folder structure to help you stay organized and it also helps you intuitively remember the location of files thanks to your spatial memory - a massive time-saver.
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buschheuer reviewed on 23 Mar 2012
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"On top of a supped-up performance..."
Perhaps the word "supped-up" should be changed to "souped-up?"
:-)
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Within 3 minutes after launch, RAM use was up to just over 1GB! If they manage to keep it well under 100mb, I'm willing to giver it a serious try.
* Hide the Quick Start Guide (using Menu View > Hide Quick Start Guide)
* Hide the Application Place if you don't use it (also in Menu View)
* Hide unused Places using menu View > Hide Place > ...
(they keep their layout when added later again)
* Hide folders using context menu (or select them then menu View > Hide)
* Hide documents and folders using the "Display Less" buttons
Generally speaking Raskin takes as much RAM as there is available but releases it as soon as there is memory pressure from other apps (as known from iOS). This mechanism ensures that you always have the optimal speed to load all the previews of your documents.
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Edgarcabrera reviewed on 24 Nov 2011
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korsbakken reviewed on 15 Aug 2011
To top it off, Raskin crashed in the middle of the moving (maybe a good thing, or no telling what it would have ended up doing).
Neat concept, but the interface is a bit dangerous. Stability needs to be improved, bugs weeded out, and there should be a confirmation when moving large numbers of files as a safety net.
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sachaweiss reviewed on 07 Aug 2011
Use with trackpad, not mouse!
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Yennta reviewed on 23 Jul 2011
+5
We appreciate all user feedback that will help improve the application very much.
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John_S reviewed on 22 Jul 2011
It's also good to review a bunch of files I don't know yet, like when I receive materials from clients.
I'd say it doesn't replace Finder as such but adds some very interesting functionality.
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Levelbest reviewed on 21 Jul 2011
If they had a helper app or a preference pane that allowed me to select the folders to work with on the fly, that would be a good idea.
The other drawback I find is that I am still old school, no trackpad, just keyboard and scrolling trackball. I can use modifier keys and the scroll wheel to get around but it is not really intuitive and doesn't flow very well.
I suggested they take a clue from ironic Software's Deep as that has a great interface where you can feel like you are flicking the whole screen into a horizontal scroll wheel. If Raskin had This and allowed better choices as to what files it works with on the fly, it would be a stellar app.
Without all This though I really am not using it at present So I could not recommend it. Reliability has improved but ease of use as user interaction is still a bit lacking, and it does seem like visual ease of use was kind of the point in the first place?
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4 stars overall is not accurate.
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Please consider, that there are a substantial number of independent reviews out there on sites like Macworld (US, UK, AUS), Cult of Mac, Softpedia and more, they're ratings (for Raskin 1.1 or 1.2) average with 4 stars.
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