Heh, I know nobody really cares, but what's an internet forum for!
Especially now that I'm back in school and about to graduate I have over 40 folders and a multiple of files I'm dealing with on a regular bases. I can't believe how fast I've changed, but icon view is actually somewhat annoying to me now. I've gotten so used to the organization of list view and the utility of column view.
I still use icon view for my home folder and few other cases, but list view looks cleaner to me now (I used to think it looked too cluttered) and it's much nicer to work with. I've been really missing out for over 6 years.
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On sad reality, Finder is kind of slow at times. Thinks like coping files with dark and the option key and even dragging several files across windows and folders can be slow. I don't know if it's Finder or by design.