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How I like my Finder

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Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by JangoSteve »

The author mentions a bunch of programs that offer similar functionality but states that "the way they're designed doesn't work for me." I'd be curious what about them doesn't work.

I use TotalFinder primarily for this functionality, and their split-pane looks almost identical to what he has set up in the screenshot, with the added benefit that it is more efficient (e.g. you can move the window around and resize it and the panes stay together, you can adjust the size of each pane relative to the other just by dragging the single middle bar, etc.).

TotalFinder split-pane screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/K6KkSws.png

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by micampe »

hawleyal wrote: post #19

Why don't you just use one that has dual windows and tabs. TotalFinder http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/ XtraFinder http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

Why don't you just read the second sentence in the article?

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by TheRealPomax »

micampe wrote: post #22
hawleyal wrote: post #19

Why don't you just use one that has dual windows and tabs. TotalFinder http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/ XtraFinder http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

Why don't you just read the second sentence in the article?

I just read that sentence, and it doesn't explain anything. It just says they're not what he likes, so here's another one that might work: http://www.mucommander.com/

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by mattsfrey »

pflughaupt wrote: post #20
WayneDB wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mac users, by necessity, find all sorts of ways to work around missing features.

Insulting without provocation and needlessly inflammatory? I take it you're from reddit?

I'm a Mac user and couldn't agree more with the dude. On the flipside though screwing around with automator is a lot of fun!

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by unhammer »

I always bind super-left and super-right to https://gist.github.com/unhammer/5336830 (requires wmctrl and xorg-xdpyinfo), so I can tile any two windows left/right. Also handy when e.g. reading an article while note-taking, watching a screencast while chatting, etc.

I guess I should try a tiling window manager some day, but I almost never need more than fullscreen vs 50/50.

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by jfb »

pflughaupt wrote: post #20
WayneDB wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mac users, by necessity, find all sorts of ways to work around missing features.

Insulting without provocation and needlessly inflammatory? I take it you're from reddit?

He's not wrong. On the other hand, everybody works around limitations in their technology. It's the nature of the beast.

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by stelian »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #23
micampe wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why don't you just read the second sentence in the article?

I just read that sentence, and it doesn't explain anything. It just says they're not what he likes, so here's another one that might work: http://www.mucommander.com/

The separator of TotalFinder and Xtrafinder is just too thin. I want to see right away which side is in focus. When you click on one of the two windows the other one becomes washed and is also covered by the shadow of the active one.

For me, that's better usability.

Re: How I like my Finder

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Post by racl101 »

vladstudio wrote: post #2

Do 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)

The multi rename (batch) rename feature is the best I've ever seen because you can use RegEx ! Yeah boi!!!!
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