Ok, a lot of things tick me off, but at the moment I'll stick with Finder. Leopards made things a bit better, but Finders still has vast room for improvement. Coverflow probably makes finder prettier, but what I want is speed and functionality.
I agree with the cut>paste of files. Every other OS has it, and it seems pretty logical that if I can copy and paste a file, I should be able to cut and paste a file.
When you resize a finder window in coverflow mode the list section should expand, not the coverflow area. Coverflow is pretty, but not quickest way to navigate or view lots of content. In fact, vertically resizing the window means I get bigger coverflow icons, but less coverflow items.. Which means now that I've expanded the area I can see less content, which is counter-intuitive
If I click and hold the back/forward buttons in the finder I should get a history like Safari, so I can navigate back/forwards quickly.
Navigating to a parent folder in List, icon and coverflow view is annoying. You can use the shortcut Command-Up, Control-click the icon in the title, add the optional path button to the toolbar, or turn the path-bar on. That's a lot of different methods to achieve the same result, but all of them require more work when they should. (and the latter aren't enabled by default). Safari has snap-back, so finder should have a simpler one-click method to get to an enclosing folder.
Speaking of shortcuts. If Command-Up is "go to enclosing folder", shouldn't Command-left and Command-right be back/forward, not Command-] and Command-]. I know those shortcuts currently expand/contract folders in List view, but that means that a logical group of shorcuts only functions in one view mode.
Thank jebus for the path bar in leopard.. It makes getting around a bit easier.
However I think the Path Bar should be at the top of the window, not the bottom, as it makes more sense when thinking about a hierarchy. Also path items should be spring loaded so If I drag a file over them they open up like any other folder item.
"Enter" should open a folder, I usually navigate by typing the first few letters of each folder name. Having to hit Command-O slows me down. Enter, seems more logical. Which do you do more, enter a folder, or rename files? Even better would be if the path bar had terminal style "tab" auto-completion.
Finder also behaves incosistently. (IMHO) Example: drag a file and hover over another folder. In Icon and column view it expands that folder, in list and coverflow view it opens a new finder window. Command-clicking the finder title, and the path button seem to do the same thing, so why does one use the current window, and the other open a new window.
