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>what do Finder complainers consider the gold standard of file browsers that Finder should aspire to be? When bash is more useful than finder, there's probably
by warfangle 12y ago
>what do Finder complainers consider the gold standard of file browsers that Finder should aspire to be?
When bash is more useful than finder, there's probably an issue.
Case in point: not being able to open a specific path (unless I bookmark it)
Case in point: when I open my home directory in finder, I don't necessarily want the directory tree that was last expanded to still be expanded. For directories with a large item count, this can take a _long time_, even on a retina imac.
Renaming a file is always an exercise in "did I click it in just the right way? Oh, crap, no, don't launch it to edit it."
Windows Explorer has neither of those issues.
- sprawl_ 12y ago-shift+command+G to go directly to a path -Press return to rename the selected file
- NathanKP 12y agoHopefully most of us already know these tips and tricks, but for a new user Shift + Command + G is something that they will probably never discover. Even click and enter to rename is excessively complicated compared to adding a rename option to the context menu like Windows.
- sitkack 12y ago⇧ ⌘ G is right under the [Go] menu item in the Finder. Never discover ... if they don't poke around in the finder menu for 5 minutes. One needs to learn their tools or find a better tool. Suffering in a fog of dis-edumacatedness is a fools <noun verbular>.
- poolpool 12y agoMost computer users don't understand or give a damn about managing their file system. It seems like many HN users do, yet clicking on the "go" menu to see options and keyboard shortcuts available when they want to go to a folder is too confusing for them.