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10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
Yes we should just fall in and go along with Apple's suggested changes because more often then not there is a good reason, but making the new folder command have the added shift modifier key was the dumbest thing they have done. (I think making a new folder is something you do alot more then opening a "New" window, as opposed to doing something with your already open windows by using the arrow keys etc.)
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
It is hard to adjust to changes in the keyboard shortcuts. However from a usability standpoint, this change was long overdue. Most other applications use command-N to open a new document of some sort. The creation of a new folder object within a window is an anomaly in the Finder and confusing to new users.
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
Sorry, that's a terrible argument. Like Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
Yes, Professor Shiny does make a poor argument. The real way to think about this issue is, Command-N has always created a new CONTAINER (or window) in whatever application you're in--when in the Finder, the new "container/window" it creates is a new folder into which you can put stuff, though it leaves that folder's window closed so that you can rename it something other than "Untitled folder". In an application, Command-N opens a new window into which you can put stuff (text, graphics, etc). So, it makes perfect sense for Command-N to have always created a new folder in the Finder, since when you open that folder, it opens that folder's WINDOW. This does not violate any supposed Mac interface rules. Besides, when we also apply simple common sense (which I often enjoy doing), we all create new folders in the Finder far more often than we open new windows to see what volumes are mounted. Though I find OS X's "New Finder Window" option very handy--it's sort of the precursor to Expose's function to clear away the clutter of open windows on the desktop, and show just the currently mounted volumes--I still wish Apple had made it Shift-Command-N, and retained Command-N for New Folder. You need to apply Occam's Razor in such decisions, which Apple clearly didn't do; and users shouldn't just blindly accept whatever Apple does--that's not what Open Source computing (let alone being an effective human) is about. I know OS X isn't true Open Source, but at least Apple should make a few more nods in its direction than it currently does.
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
I agree with Apple's choice and Professor Shiny's take on it, and I disagree with you detractors. (And my first Mac was a 128K.) I have 2 good reasons:
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
That's what I say, too. I create & close Finder windows all the time now, while I create a new folder only once in a blue moon (last time I did that was a week ago... and before that one, maybe a month ago). It only makes sense to activate the more commonly-used command with fewer keys.
10.3: Use Command-N to create new folders
While I'm now used to it, and don't really mind the change, my take on this (and other, similar interface issues) is simply: Choice! It would so easy to add this functionality to the already extant Keyboard pref panel... there is one caveat with this implementation, however. If one heavily modifies all the shortcuts on their personal computer, it would make using another computer clumsy at best- but, again, that choice would be yours to make! |
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