shidoshi said:
First, I've been a Mac user since my original Mac Plus, which I got in 1988, maybe 1989. Before that, I was using an Apple //e. So I wouldn't have used a Mac all of this time if I didn't prefer the Apple way of doing things.
That said, you have to give Microsoft / Windows credit when it is due. In a number of ways, their "Finder"... whatever the hell it is called, is better than the Mac Finder. (I also, at times, prefer the Windows Open/Save dialog boxes, because you can actually do stuff like delete/rename/etc. files, which is handy at times. To accomplish the same on Mac OSX, you have to back out of the dialog, switch to the Finder, make your changes, and then go back and try again.)
And I'm sorry, for me, the Finder we have now still feels terrible. It isn't about "using all of the features" - that's a ridiculous comment. You don't use every feature of everything - what features are there for is to give a better experience to people who prefer to do things in different ways.
I'll be happy to actually back myself up here, and make a list of the points where I think the Mac OSX Finder is terrible. I'll post it later today or tomorrow.
"Terrible" is a big word for such a good OS. I agree, OS X (panther, I haven't used Tiger) hasn't some very useful features that I would like to see implemented, like the ability to rename a file in the save dialog.
Or the "cut" and "paste" that windows have when you want to move some files from one location to the other. OS X only has "copy" and "paste", foorcing you to go back after copy and delete the original files.
But doesn't mean that the Finder is terrible. It has some awsome features, like the comlumn view, which is unavailable in windows, and very handy, it has that "services" option, as a menu item that allows you to access various program functions, it has the dock, which imo is far better than the start menu, it has the sidebar (i love this feature).
And lets not forget that marvelous search bar at the top right of the window.
Windows has such a feature, too, but the search is not so fast and accessible. I love the search the Finder has.
Imo, Finder doen't suck. It is stable and fast, but it can be improved, as it happens will all things in the software market. There is always space for big improvements in every aspect of a product. But that doesn't mean it sucks.
I love finder. A lot. And I know many people that love it, too. If you say that finder sucks, then you automatically throw away a great part of apple's operating system, so 50% of the reasons me and many other people buy mac products to do their job are simply nonexistent.
Think about it...
I like the eye candy of the new way, but I agree that functionality is better than looks. 