How I like my Finder
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How I like my Finder
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Re: How I like my Finder
#2Do consider ForkLift - http://www.binarynights.com/ - just look through the key features. I would have bought it for Multi Rename alone (but it also has Dual panes, Mount as disk, all kinds of remote connections, custom shortcuts, Merge, etc etc)
Re: How I like my Finder
#3totalfinder has a split pane (actually a tab join) which works awesomely.
What I like about totalfinder is that it is not a finder replacement, but just adds some small (but massive) improvements.
highly recommend.
Re: How I like my Finder
#4Do consider ForkLift - http://www.binarynights.com/ - just look through the key features. I would have bought it for Multi Rename alone (but it also has Dual panes, Mount as disk, all kinds of remote connections, custom shortcuts, Merge, etc etc)
I too use ForkLift. It is especially handy if you use ssh, sftp and ftp connections on top of local browsing.
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#5I recommend spectacle instead of divvy. There were a couple problems that I had with divvy resizing and placing windows. Spectacle addresses those concerns.
Re: How I like my Finder
#6Do consider ForkLift - http://www.binarynights.com/ - just look through the key features. I would have bought it for Multi Rename alone (but it also has Dual panes, Mount as disk, all kinds of remote connections, custom shortcuts, Merge, etc etc)
I thought it was just an FTP client, but, apparently, it works as a file browser, too. I should try it.
Re: How I like my Finder
#7totalfinder has a split pane (actually a tab join) which works awesomely. What I like about totalfinder is that it is not a finder replacement, but just adds some small (but massive) improvements. highly recommend.
The tab join seems visually weird to me. But I guess it's a matter of personal taste.
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#8I recommend spectacle instead of divvy. There were a couple problems that I had with divvy resizing and placing windows. Spectacle addresses those concerns.
I've added Spectacle to the post. It's pretty cool that it's open source.
Re: How I like my Finder
#9I recommend spectacle instead of divvy. There were a couple problems that I had with divvy resizing and placing windows. Spectacle addresses those concerns.
Re: How I like my Finder
#10I'm still surprised how used we all got to the modern, somewhat simplistic file management metaphors. Icon/list view plus "shortcut" panel, wherever you look. I still remember that for years after Windows 95 came out, one of the first applications everyone installed was a better file manager, quite often some GUI Norton clone. Then there was the "spatial Finder" hullaballoo, echoed by GNOME, too, if I remember correctly. But in recent years, that market niche seems to be on the verge of extinction.
Probably for the same reason why keyboards are getting increasingly worse: No "hardcore" users. Pictures, music and similar files are "managed", lots of other stuff is exclusively accessed via a single application and its open dialog, leaving maybe the all-purpose Documents folder to be the target for occasional visitation.
And the desktop. Oh heavens, the desktop...