On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>>> The one simple change Apple could do to make Finder more usable is >>>>> adding an Address Bar with the current folder path in it, bonus if >>>>> it's clickable >>>> >>>> look closer ... it's been there since 2007; of course Path Finder has had >>>> it >>>> for much longer >>>> >>> >>> It's not in any screenshot of the Leopard or Snow Leopard finder I can >>> find. >>> >>> -Adam >> >> It's off by default ... >> >> View -> Show Path Bar >> >> >> -bmw > > Ah, useful to note. Thanks for the info. That would go a long way to > making Finder nicer to work with.
It's been there since 10.3. Another thing you're likely unaware of is that Command-clicking on any Finder window's title will reveal a drop-down menu with the entire folder path from that window to the volume root. You can open a window to any folder on that path by picking it from the menu. This has been there since 1991 on all versions of Mac OS. (It also works with most application document windows too, a service provided by the Finder.) I don't use Finder "file navigator" alternatives because in the 26 years I've been using Apple Mac OS systems I have yet to find one that was as intuitive and sensible to use as the Finder. Most of them are heavily laden with yakity-yak nonsense that the Finder does with far more subtlety. These products have a ridiculously small market penetration, considering the size of the Mac OS installed base. And in doing consulting the past six years as an independent, I've discovered that the vast majority of problems on most people's systems are solved by removing all these poorly designed and implemented add-on things, and teaching them how to do what they want with the Finder. Most people never read the extensive Mac OS X help that is included right in the standard system installation and never understand more than a quarter of the features included with the Finder. Sometimes it seems that I spend my consulting life reading people the Mac OS X help file that is on the system in front of their noses. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
