tiger - finder

cfleck · #1 December 8th, 2004, 08:38 AM

so i'm guessing there are no interesing updates to finder for the tiger release. is that correct? i've been fiddling with path finder lately and its growing on me. so now i'm wondering if apple is going to "upgrade" their finder at all.

ElDiabloConCaca · #2 December 8th, 2004, 10:37 AM

Aside from Spotlight's search integration and "smart folders" in the Finder (much like in iTunes), we'll have to wait and see.

**fryke** · #3 December 8th, 2004, 11:31 AM

Burnable folders not to be forgotten, although that's probably considered a rather small new feature by most people I know...

But if you're a fan of PathFinder and expect Apple to do anything similar: Don't. You'll end up being disappointed. Apple's quite proud of the current Finder, I believe, and they're evolving it. A 'revolutionary new Finder' will probably take quite a bit longer.

Right now, it more or less looks and acts the same way it does in Panther. But Spotlight is such a _big_ change, that working with the Finder _will_ be quite different, once you get to know this super search engine and its merits.

**Captain Code** · #4 December 8th, 2004, 04:20 PM

The Finder was very unstable for me, but I wouldn't call that a feature.

blue&whiteman · #5 December 11th, 2004, 08:04 AM

a little open source app called quicksilver is far more useful than the panther/tiger style finder. it integrates perfectly in the os. I have it setup so I just press F8 and then type the first 1-3 letters (mostly finds what I want in one or two) and its there. I now use the mouse less which is fine by me.

**fryke** · #6 December 11th, 2004, 09:35 AM

Oh, that's long known. LauchBar is the original (and in my opinion cleaner). But neither Quicksilver nor LaunchBar really _replace_ the Finder. They're primarily application launchers that also try to be more. With Tiger, I guess they're going to be again reduced to that function, because everything else they do are quite well handled by the Finder with Spotlight, resp. Spotlight.
But I still use LaunchBar as my launcher, since Spotlight does 'too much', in order to become a good/fast launcher.

cfleck · #7 December 11th, 2004, 10:43 AM

i have quicksilver. went to that after launchbar. just want a nicer finder i guess. dont know how i'd define "nicer". but i'll know it when i see it.

blue&whiteman · #8 December 11th, 2004, 07:29 PM

I used launchbar about 2 weeks before I started using quicksilver and after I switched I never looked back. qs is far more elegant and can be set to open files also. it can find files, bookmarks and apps as well as many other functions.

many would agree with me that its one of the best haxies/utilities ever. I feel its an example of truly great code.