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Probably because Windows Explorer is great file manager. By the way, in Nautilus you can type path, the shortcut is ctrl+l Nautilus is pretty bad but I find m

by Jnr 5y ago

Probably because Windows Explorer is great file manager. By the way, in Nautilus you can type path, the shortcut is ctrl+l Nautilus is pretty bad but I find macOS Finder even worse.

no_time 5y ago
>By the way, in Nautilus you can type path, the shortcut is ctrl+l Obligatory what the fuck were they thinking. I'm glad there is no api to access the "flash bios" button on the motherboard because some nautilus dev would surely find a feature like this to bind to that button.
protomyth 5y ago
I can AppleScript to Finder on the toolbar and do some pretty nice stuff. For example, the script to add a button to open a terminal in the directory the window is showing is trivial.
- Affric 5y ago
  Would you be willing to share such a script? I found this example code from 2008 for an up button on the apple website: `tell application "Finder" set the target of Finder window 1 to (container of target of Finder window 1) end tell` But I am getting an error on modern OSX... I would be interested to see how your button works :)
- protomyth 5y ago
  Well, Affric you seem to have done something, so here is the code: tell application "Finder" set myWin to window 1 set thePath to (POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias)) set thePath to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias)) tell application "Terminal" activate tell window 1 do script "cd " & thePath end tell end tell end tell You use it to create an application and then change the icon to something appropriate.
klodolph 5y ago
I’m curious what you dislike about the macOS Finder. I like it to the point that if I need to organize a bunch of files, I’ll sometimes just export the folder as a file share so I can organize the files from a Mac over the network.
dotnet00 5y ago
>Probably because Windows Explorer is great file manager. Having it pointed out like that, you're right. I think my 'big' complaints about Windows Explorer have just been the lack of tabs, which I think are being/have been added in Win11) and the multiple-windows-single-process model, which hasn't been as much of an issue lately with explorer being a lot more stable. Otherwise explorer is a very smooth experience. I just treated it as bad because of frustrations with Windows in general.
- itsTyrion 5y ago
  I use QTTabBar and Link Shell Extension. Only thing I sometimes miss is the option to dropdown-view folder contents
- satsuma 5y ago
  explorer also allows you to create a new window in a new process now, but not using a keyboard shortcut as far as i can tell. you have to go file > new window > new window using a new process. finicky, but possible.
- rstat1 5y ago
  There's a setting in the Folder Options that lets you force folders to open in their own process. Find the "Launch folder windows in a separate process" option under Folder Options -> View Or at least there is in Windows 10, idk if they removed it with all the other useful stuff removed in Win11.
- viraptor 5y ago
  It's still got some weird behaviours. For example right-click gives you the context menu for the currently selected file, not the one you just clicked. And no confirmation for large operations - you accidentally dragged one folder onto another because of a dodgy touchpad driver? You're now moving those GBs and will have to revert it manually afterwards.
- dsego 5y ago
  > lack of tabs, which I think are being/have been added in Win11 Unfortunately, they backtracked on that, so still no tabs.
robotburrito 5y ago
Agreed, I'm not even a windows person, but it's file manager is pretty awesome compared to Gnome and Mac OS IMO.
raffraffraff 5y ago
Finder is shite. I've had to use Mac OS for the past month and I hate it.
marcosdumay 5y ago
Windows explorer is quite good. It could still improve a lot, as you can notice after using Dolphin, but it's good. I don't think it qualifies for "great", but well, that's subjective.

by Jnr 5y ago

Probably because Windows Explorer is great file manager. By the way, in Nautilus you can type path, the shortcut is ctrl+l Nautilus is pretty bad but I find macOS Finder even worse.

no_time 5y ago

>By the way, in Nautilus you can type path, the shortcut is ctrl+l Obligatory what the fuck were they thinking. I'm glad there is no api to access the "flash bios" button on the motherboard because some nautilus dev would surely find a feature like this to bind to that button.

protomyth 5y ago

I can AppleScript to Finder on the toolbar and do some pretty nice stuff. For example, the script to add a button to open a terminal in the directory the window is showing is trivial.

Affric 5y ago
Would you be willing to share such a script? I found this example code from 2008 for an up button on the apple website: `tell application "Finder" set the target of Finder window 1 to (container of target of Finder window 1) end tell` But I am getting an error on modern OSX... I would be interested to see how your button works :)
protomyth 5y ago
Well, Affric you seem to have done something, so here is the code: tell application "Finder" set myWin to window 1 set thePath to (POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias)) set thePath to (quoted form of POSIX path of (target of myWin as alias)) tell application "Terminal" activate tell window 1 do script "cd " & thePath end tell end tell end tell You use it to create an application and then change the icon to something appropriate.

klodolph 5y ago

I’m curious what you dislike about the macOS Finder. I like it to the point that if I need to organize a bunch of files, I’ll sometimes just export the folder as a file share so I can organize the files from a Mac over the network.

dotnet00 5y ago

>Probably because Windows Explorer is great file manager. Having it pointed out like that, you're right. I think my 'big' complaints about Windows Explorer have just been the lack of tabs, which I think are being/have been added in Win11) and the multiple-windows-single-process model, which hasn't been as much of an issue lately with explorer being a lot more stable. Otherwise explorer is a very smooth experience. I just treated it as bad because of frustrations with Windows in general.

itsTyrion 5y ago
I use QTTabBar and Link Shell Extension. Only thing I sometimes miss is the option to dropdown-view folder contents
satsuma 5y ago
explorer also allows you to create a new window in a new process now, but not using a keyboard shortcut as far as i can tell. you have to go file > new window > new window using a new process. finicky, but possible.
rstat1 5y ago
There's a setting in the Folder Options that lets you force folders to open in their own process. Find the "Launch folder windows in a separate process" option under Folder Options -> View Or at least there is in Windows 10, idk if they removed it with all the other useful stuff removed in Win11.
viraptor 5y ago
It's still got some weird behaviours. For example right-click gives you the context menu for the currently selected file, not the one you just clicked. And no confirmation for large operations - you accidentally dragged one folder onto another because of a dodgy touchpad driver? You're now moving those GBs and will have to revert it manually afterwards.
dsego 5y ago
> lack of tabs, which I think are being/have been added in Win11 Unfortunately, they backtracked on that, so still no tabs.

robotburrito 5y ago

Agreed, I'm not even a windows person, but it's file manager is pretty awesome compared to Gnome and Mac OS IMO.

raffraffraff 5y ago

Finder is shite. I've had to use Mac OS for the past month and I hate it.

marcosdumay 5y ago

Windows explorer is quite good. It could still improve a lot, as you can notice after using Dolphin, but it's good. I don't think it qualifies for "great", but well, that's subjective.