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I have to say, as a somewhat long time mac user (switched in 2009), I don't get it. I downloaded it, tried it briefly, and couldn't figure out what advantage it
by DigitalJack 11y ago
I have to say, as a somewhat long time mac user (switched in 2009), I don't get it. I downloaded it, tried it briefly, and couldn't figure out what advantage it had.
On HackerNews I occasionally see people complaining about the Finder, and mostly I'm left mystified. Maybe if I had used Mac Classic, I'd understand.
- cbhl 11y agoI find the dual-pane interface most convenient if I'm actually managing files (mostly cp, mv, mkdir). Midnight commander was a command-line version of this and IMO one of its killer features was making it easy to copy files over FTP or SFTP just as if it was a local folder. Windows solves this problem by letting me snap Windows Explorer windows (well, all windows, really) to the left and right halves of the screen easily. In Finder, you just deal with windows being messy and overlapping all the time and that's okay.
- bshimmin 11y agoI use Spectacle (http://spectacleapp.com/ http://spectacleapp.com/) for snapping left/right, sort of like a lazy man's tiling window manager, and it's pretty great. The only thing it doesn't work with for me is Adobe products; not much of a surprise there, admittedly.
- DigitalJack 11y agoI use better touch tool. The windows snapping of 7 (which I use for work) is the best feature. I've heard it's even better in 8 and 10. Better Touch Tool is free and easy to install so I don't consider it a hindrance really.