
The Preview Pane
As new files arrive, thumbnails are displayed in the preview pane on the left side of the Pandora window. This area allows files to be quickly perused for items of interest. It can be resized to accomodate more columns (or fewer), and supports drag and drop reordering of its contents. Clicking on a thumbnail results in a full-sized display in the main pane on the right. Shift- or command-clicking allows multiple selection of collected files.
Once files are selected, you may also drag/drop them to other applications. For example, you can drag files to the Finder to save them in specific locations, drag to iPhoto to add images to a collection, or drag to Microsoft Word to embed an image, movie, or sound in a document.
The preview pane also supports the edit commands, such as cut, copy, and paste.
Cut has an interesting side effect in Pandora: it removes the thumbnail from the preview pane, but leaves the file on disk (hey, you might paste it somewhere after cutting!)
To remove a file from the preview pane AND put it in the Trash, use delete (Edit > Delete, or command-delete, or the Trash button in the toolbar). The Edit menu's "Select All" will conveniently select all of the thumbnails in the preview pane for you.