This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] Open Recently Used Bins

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Re: [Avid-L2] [FR] Open Recently Used Bins

This happened to me one time and what I did is go to the ATTIC folder of that project, sort the folders (bins) by modification date and Voila the bin I'm searching for is the last one. But yes it could be nice to have it added to the file menu :)

Walid's iPhone

On Jun 7, 2012, at 5:14, Post <post@texas360.tv> wrote:

> Yes please, seconded, this happened to me the other day, 78 bins in a
> project with names like D1004, D1005 etc
>
> Mike
>
> From: Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@ContactBen.com>
> Reply-To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thursday, 7 June 2012 12:12 PM
> To: "Avid-L2-yahoogroups.com" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Avid-L2] [FR] Open Recently Used Bins
>
> Have you ever accidentally closed a bin with an all-too-quick Cmd-W with the
> wrong bin active, and then have to locate that bin again amongst the very
> many that are in the Project? Oh... I'm alone on that one am I? ;)
>
> In other applications (e.g. MS Word, Photoshop), I can go to the File menu
> and in some fashion be able to open previously opened documents. This would
> be useful with regard to bins. I suggest it be in the File menu as well, in
> order to conform to the way other apps work (rather than placing it under
> the Windows menu). I like the way Photoshop does it. It provides an "Open
> Recent" menu which gives you a submenu. This keeps the File menu
> uncluttered. MC could have "Open Recent Bins." I also suggest a Bin Setting,
> allowing the user to customize how many recently opened bins will appear in
> that list (maybe with a max of 20).
>
> And now that I have found the bin I just accidentally closed, I will get
> back to work.
> Cheers,
>
> B
>
> Benjamin Hershleder
> http://ContactBen.com
> http://Hershleder.com
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