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Something I see on the Xerox Alto and the Mac, but not on Windows, is Column View. Miller columns are just intuitive for me when browsing a directory structure
by peterburkimsher 9y ago
Something I see on the Xerox Alto and the Mac, but not on Windows, is Column View.
Miller columns are just intuitive for me when browsing a directory structure. I still don't know why Windows hasn't implemented it natively.
- mrguyorama 9y agoMeanwhile I find those multi-column views infuriatingly wasteful. I KNOW I'm in folder A/B/C because I literally just clicked them. I prefer being able to use a smaller explorer window that shows more info. One key to this is a mouse with a fourth and fifth button, which windows intuitively maps to "forward" and "back", and mac unhelpfully maps to "nothing" and "expose" and doesn't seem to have useful alternatives built in. Having back and forward buttons on my thumb, with Window's "Folders come first" list sorting makes folder spelunking much simpler for me