Reminds me of http://panic.com/transmit/
How I like my Finder
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Re: How I like my Finder
#32I still don't understand how some people work without a folder hierarchy in the left pane... I never understood Norton's dual-file-list-pane setup - the current path is not sufficient context for me.
If I'm doing something with the files, then I know where "I am" on both panes, that's part of what I'm doing right now.
If I'm not doing something, and want to start, then I just reset to a 'known-good' location with a key or mouse shortcut.
Re: How I like my Finder
#33The 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 a…
The tab join looks weird(aesthetically) and the separator is too thin. I want one side in focus. But all these things have to do with taste. The screenshot you attached looks probably great to you, but I prefer the side by side windows.
Re: How I like my Finder
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
It's astonishing how often people don't even notice that they're working around things. After noticing that something doesn't work the way you like and finding a workaround the workaround slowly becomes muscle memory and you stop thinking about it.
And then you look over someone's shoulder and wonder why on earth they would do what they're doing the way they're doing and when pointing out to them that there is a better way they just shrug and note that what they did works too.
Funnily enough, at least regarding UX, such coping behaviour doesn't seem to register as a nuisance after you have your workaround. That being said, I still prefer getting things right enough that users stumble on the obvious and easiest way first.
Re: How I like my Finder
#35The 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 a…
I prefer TotalFinder as well, along with Divvy with a shortcut to quickly resize. I hit Command-T to create a new tab, then Command-G to connect them together. It's now just muscle memory for me, I don't even think about it.
Re: How I like my Finder
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's not wrong. On the other hand, everybody works around limitations in their technology. It's the nature of the beast.
It's astonishing how often people don't even notice that they're working around things. After noticing that something doesn't work the way you like and finding a workaround the workaround slowly becomes muscle memory and you stop thinking about it. And then you look over someone's shoulder and wonder why on earth they would do what they're doing the way they're doing and when pointing out to them that there is a bett…
In a sense, all technology usage is the child of working around limitations; when the plasticity of thought meets the annoyingly concrete world, something's got to give. The best technologies, then, are the ones that conform to our predispositions and allow us to reuse pre-existing workarounds.
Re: How I like my Finder
#37Do 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)
+1 For forklift. The tabs and multipane remotes are killer features. It also feels lighter weight than a complete finder replacement like TotalFinder.
Re: How I like my Finder
#38Terminal (or better yet iTerm 2). It's the best filesystem manager out there.
Re: How I like my Finder
#39Oh, you mean F3 in that usability-horrorshow-totally-not-to-the-level-of-MacOS that is Ubuntu?
Re: How I like my Finder
#40Hello, TotalFinder author here. I'm a HN addict too :)