The column view - love it or leave it?

[Ricky]

Can't live without column view. Sometimes I wish the G4's at school had OS X... The list view gets monotonous.

[Arden]

Originally posted by edX
well, i know i'm talking about the open and save dialogue boxes when i say i lke column view. i wouldn't use it for my HD windows for several reasons, just one being that i am more visually oriented. but like you pointed out RacerX, there are options to change for the HD view.

That's exactly how I feel about column view. I think it sucks for normal navigation (can't see 2 subdirectories of the same folder open at the same time with only 1 window open) but in Open and Save dialogs you don't need that. If you like column view, use it; if you don't, stop complaining!

[masmit]

Hate it in the open/save dialogs. Don't use it in the other cases since apple have allowed us options. I wish they'd give us the option for open/save. In fact, I bet they will eventually, they always cave in to their users in the end, even though it usually takes a long time...

[jeb1138]

Just thought I'd mention that DefaultFolderX makes dialog boxes' pop-up box act "classic" if you want and also adds a helpful little bar on the right to get you places quickly. The bar also lets you rename and delete files/folders while in dialog boxes. Something I really wish Apple would copy Windows on.
http://homepage.mac.com/jeb1138/.Pic...ltFoldersX.jpg

[masmit]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[MDLarson]

I don't like that I can't "type" my way through column view. Whenever I save something, I'm trying to type the file name in, then I want to tab to the column view, the type my way to a folder, hit "Command-Down", and keep going.

Obviously I'm used to OS 9. Is it possible to do use column view only with the keyboard?

[Decado]

Use the keyboard arrows. much easier than in 9, when it comes to looking through folders.

[chabig]

Yes, use the arrow keys to move left and right between columns. The up and down arrow keys move up and down within a column, or you can go straight to items in a column by typing the first few letters of their name.