Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Dec 2010 00:09 UTC
It's a public secret that there are many people with complaints about Mac OS X's Finder. It lacks several features common to other file managers, and on top of that, it has several issues with dealing with some types of network shares (SAMBA, specifically). While third parties can't fix the bugs, they can extend the Finder's feature set. TotalFinder is a collection of Finder extensions that tries to bring some of Google Chrome's interface ideas to the Finder. BinaryAge was kind enough to provide me with a free license so I could give a quick review of TotalFinder.
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RE[3]: Didn't realize 'Finder' was so bland...
by chmeee on Tue 21st Dec 2010 13:15
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RE[4]: Didn't realize 'Finder' was so bland...
by henderson101 on Wed 22nd Dec 2010 10:12
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RE[4]: Didn't realize 'Finder' was so bland...
by Governa on Wed 22nd Dec 2010 10:54
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Problem is, the Finder castrated the OPENSTEP paradigm when they got rid of the Shelf. The sidebar is nothing like the Shelf, and completely useless for moving files around.
Short: I want my shelf back!
Short: I want my shelf back!
Not quite the same but... in many ways a replacement for the old NeXT shelf:
http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/XShelf/XShelf.html
Been using it for years, love it! One of the first things I install on every new Mac.
RE[3]: Didn't realize 'Finder' was so bland...
by Bill Shooter of Bul on Tue 21st Dec 2010 19:19
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Member since:2006-07-14
Drag and drop is a pain in the tucus. Bmoving form one directory to a directory farther away is cumbersome, requiring me to hold a mouse button down for a while. Some old school mac people are used to it because there is no other option, but don't pretend its the best option.
Cut and paste is much easier, as long as you're comfortable with the the idea of a clipboard holding a file. Drag and drop is visually more intuitive, but this isn't 1985 anymore. This is definitely the one mouse button again. Apple refuses to add an option that woudl make things easier today, because it would have confused new users 25 years ago.
RE[4]: Didn't realize 'Finder' was so bland...
by roger64 on Thu 23rd Dec 2010 00:58
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Member since:2006-08-15
I published your link to our Ubuntu French forum and we had a good laugh.
Well, hopefully, if everything goes well, the future Finder will look like yesterday Nautilus.
Congratulations for such a find. There will be a patent for it, for sure... it deserves it
Thanks again for sharing the joke.
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I'm actually a bit stunned to see that Finder is so far behind. Windows explorer is not much cop either. "
Finder is a blend of the OpenStep Workspace Manager (from where the shelf, column view and such come from) and Mac OS classic finder (which IIRC did not do "cut" anyway.) It's not "behind the times", it uses a different paradigm for moving files*... wow. It doesn't use ugly tabs.. again - so what? Nothing added by this app is going to change the way I work. I simply reject your reality and substitute my own.
* So how does one move files? A number of ways. All based on Drag and drop. If you drag a file on to a folder, that folder opens (this includes drives on the desktop).. shocking!! You simply drag the file to the correct location - or use the shelf to store the target folder, or use the desktop as an extra step. Or even, and this works on Windows too, open two file windows and drag between them!! This is the way I generally work in Windows as I shun the awful treeview Windows uses in explorer. None of this warrants adding a whole extra level of complication to the UI just to please Windows users.