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Path Finder - A feature-laden Finder replacement
Authored by: billclinton on Dec 06, '06 02:13:54PM

Path Finder is indeed an insanely great program.

The thing that keeps me from completely abandoning the Finder, and for me this is a HUGE reason, is that Path Finder lacks a visual layout mode. (I've forgotten the "official" name for this function.) This is the usual "view by icon" in the Finder, where you can arrange icons in any old way you want. Path Finder has an icon view but it places the icons on a rigid grid and in a rigid order (alphabetical, by date). Many folders I view in list form, but many others I keep in visual form because I can find things much faster because I can remember "where I left them."

The visual mode is a fundamental UI concept supported by UI designers far and wide. I understand that Apple refuses to make available the stuff that is necessary for others to access this information, so Cocoa Tech is not to be faulted here.



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