You're using your computer WRONG, if you think the Control key is too far

[pizzach]

That's nothing. I like his use of the word "hypocratic"

In fact, I see it has now been edited to "Hippocratic". Now either I'm making a fool of myself here (and I do not know an alternative use of "Hippocratic" besides that of Oath fame), or he means hypocritical.

No you're not crazy. Growing up I've tried to learn spelling through spell checking. It has lead me down many dark roads. I'm still trying though. I think I got it this time....

 

[decksnap]

For those who want some info on 'spatial'....

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/finder.ars/3

If that bores you, here's some mispelled words for you to correct for me:

anoyying
grammur pulleece

 

[benbondu]

For those who want some info on 'spatial'....

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/finder.ars/3

What a great link. I agree with what it says for the most part. I don't like the way OSX navigates through folders. I really prefer to have a new window for each folder I open but am often too lazy to hold down the command button to do it. Is there some way to make this behavior the default without the command modifier?

 

[decksnap]

Yes. The 'minimized' finder view is still spatial if you view it in list or icon view I believe. It should pop open new windows when you open a folder, or pop open a new folder and close the previous one when you hold down 'option'.

 

[aloofman]

I'm on linux right now and Mac Forums has no built in spell checker and open office 2 takes a while to load and I tried eying it as best as I could and the text was kinda small to read and I did reread it at least 10 times and OpenOffice.org didn't show that spacial was wrong so I mad a bad assumption and I didn't expect anyone to actually read it etc etc etc...... In the end, complaining about spelling is jumping around the topic.

So is English your second language? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but in this case your misspellings have made your topic completely confusing. To claim that we're being picky about it is like blaming the victim.

Who has a problem with the control key? Of all the issues the Mac users have, I can't recall hearing many people complaining about it. It just seemed like a non-sequitor to me.

 

[Coheebuzz]

What a great link. I agree with what it says for the most part. I don't like the way OSX navigates through folders. I really prefer to have a new window for each folder I open but am often too lazy to hold down the command button to do it. Is there some way to make this behavior the default without the command modifier?

Finder > Preferences > check the "Always open folders in new window"

 

[James Philp]

Yeah I don't really get what the problem is either. I'm not sure is the size/layout of each folder is saved, but you do have the option to open all new folders in new windows.
The problem I see with a spatial finder, is that of the problem with other spatial filing system - i.e. filing systems that you find in the office, work etc. - People forget where something is, file something away that they need more often than they think, wish the system wasn't organized like it is, or can never find something that someone else has filed.
I like flexibility, and the spacial way of doing things bugs me a bit. What if I decide 1000 images should not be filed under Holidays>2005 but Holidays>2005>Holland. Now that huge "space" i had for "2005" needs to be big enough to hold a few nested folders.
In a spatial system I would need to resize, reorder etc. each window, but in a column view everything is automatically neat and simple.
I also foresee myself having many more Finder windows open for a spatial system (I know I did when I used OS 9).
For example: I want a folder nested 8 levels deep. That is 8 double-clicks and 8 separate windows open in a spatial system. In a column (or list) view it's 8 clicks, one window AND (assuming in the spatial system some of the windows were large) I can easily see the hierarchy of that folder. The benefits of spatial seem thin to me, but I'm not about to tell anyone that they are using their computer wrong if that's what they prefer!

Also, quite what this has to do with the control key I cant remember...

 

[decksnap]

Well that's part of the spatial finder- or any finder. If you have to dig eight levels deep to find something, you've got to reorganize your files, no matter what type of finder you're using. It's just a bad use of your time having to dig that far.

Eight levels deep would take the same amount of time to get to in spatial as it would in column view. Holding down option closes the previous folder when you click open the new folder.

 

[cleanup]

If you think reaching for your control key to control click is too difficult of a feat for everyday use... quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack...

 

[jamesW135]

And Why the heck do they keep making hard drives bigger?!?!?

Inflation?

 

[mpw]

...If you have to dig eight levels deep to find something, you've got to reorganize your files, no matter what type of finder you're using. It's just a bad use of your time having to dig that far...

Mmmmmmm...Spotlight.

 

[decksnap]

mmmmmm yeah, except we're talking about finder browsing. Even OS 9 had Find.