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I can't believe how terrible the Finder interface is. I've never understood why they don't fix it. Are there people who like it?
by AzMoo_ 8y ago
I can't believe how terrible the Finder interface is. I've never understood why they don't fix it. Are there people who like it?
- copperx 8y agoI use Linux on my workstation, Windows at work, and Mac on my laptop. I don't get what's so terrible about the Finder. If anything, it makes you miss column view in other desktop environments (and space to preview!). [An aside, regarding Open/Save file dialogs: dragging a file into an open dialog is great, and neither Windows or Linux have been able to do copy that functionality. The best you can do is to copy and paste a path.] I've asked this before and I've never received a list of grievances which led me to conclude that people are just not familiar with Finder.
- ryantriangles 8y agoI've always thought Miller columns were underused.
- Jetroid 8y agoHave you used ranger, Linux's command line visual file manager? You might like it. Navigate directories/files with arrow keys, space to open/view, ton of shortcuts for eg copy/paste/move/rename etc.
- androidgirl 8y agoI personally love Sunflower on linux because of the columns.
- copperx 8y agoDoes Sunflower offer column view like Finder? or is it just 2 panes? I don't see any columns in the screenshots.
- YawningAngel 8y agoYou're right that the problem is unfamiliarity rather than a lack of features per se, but since every other GUI file manager 'just works' (I can intuitively tell how to do basic tasks) and finder doesn't I think it's a legitimate complaint.
- matthewmacleod 8y agoI keep hearing this, but I've never had even the faintest idea what's wrong with it. Are there obvious deficiencies I'm just… totally missing?
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- YawningAngel 8y agoNo, it's fine but the idiom for going up a level is unlike every other file manager and it's totally baffling if you don't know how to do it.