The column view - love it or leave it?

[TommyWillB]

<uh uh... this is turning into a rant>
...and another thing...

I tend to have a lot of loooooonnnnnggg filenames and I can't figure out any way to make those display correctly in the column view.

I hate seeing column lisings like this:

short file 1.txt
short file 2.txt
really long...le name.txt
really long...le name.txt
really long...le name.txt
short file 3.txt
short file 4.txt

I know ther three files listed are different, but the column view gives me know way to know for sure. And this has got me in trouble when trying to Save a file...
</rant>

[hulkaros]

Column View is one of the best things in new Finder... If not the best!

Now, if they will make optional the same thing but vertically and call it the Row View then the Collumn View thing would be complete

[Inline_guy]

Column view is my defult. I really like it.


Matthew

[Izzy]

I'm a big fan of column view as well. At first I was bummed because it meant that I wouldn't get to look at the gorgeous icons of macOSX in their full size, but when I realized how much more productive I was with it, I was sold.

The right/left concept just works for me...like going forward and backwards in a directory. It's like reading a book...natural progression going from left to right. At least that's how I see it...

[Inline_guy]

I think a better question is if you like (and use) the shelf? For the longest time I just left it as the Apple default, but now I am all about customizing it. I don't think I would like (or use) column mode if it were not for the shelf.

I have enclosed a pic of my self.


Matthew

[fryke]

What are you talking about? Do you mean the button bar?

It's kinda sad, because I almost thought Apple had brought back the OpenStep/NeXT-Step Shelf to OS X without informing me, but they have not, I guess...

[Decado]

Column-view is really the easiest way to navigate, i think. I have two columnview-windows (one lower and one upper, obviously). Agree with previous post about the buttonbar/shelf (sorry if "shelf" refers to some long lost function, but thats the name i have come to know it by). And since we all like to show of our way of life, i include a picture of my button-bar.

[edX]

toolbar. it's called the toolbar.