Finder clippings are a great idea, but they have several serious
limitations: while you can drag data to the Finder without
interrupting what you're doing, you must then deal with a stack of
Text Clipping 1, Text Clipping 2, etc. There is no way to know what is
in a clipping except to open it and look. If you have several, this is
a pain.
ClippingNamer is intended to make Finder clippings easier to use and
more useful.
It has 3 basic operations, selectable by holding down keys while
dragging a selection to the Finder:
* Nothing: This creates a clipping exactly the way the Finder does
now.
* Invent Name/Icon: This attempts to create a meaningful name from
the clipping contents (for text) or assign a thumbnail icon (for
pictures) instead of the generic clipping icon. You can choose
either or both of these.
* Display the Name Clipping dialog. This allows you to examine both
the Finder's and Name Clipping's proposed names (or type your
own), and set all of Name Clipping's options. You can choose to
always display this dialog for sounds or pictures (when Name
Clipping can't invent a name.)
