Path Finder

To be honest, I never liked Path Finder too much, a lot of the time it just felt too busy and still has problems achieving the Spatial Finder described in the article you linked (the last time I used it). However, I personally think that the whole GUI concept can use a re-design. Treating applications as seperate objects to the user is not always the best way, but rather...

can come up with a better solution in a short time. Path Finder isn't perfect, but it makes a point. ...

if it's crippled, or it times out, I usually stop using it. Some programs, like Path Finder, will tell me I have so long left, but that time doesn't change... ...

click the Finder Dock icon, look for "Force Quit. ...

You could try Cocoatech's Path Finder... ...

This works in Path Finder, it should work in the Finder. ...

Make sure you have path-finder set to turn off finder on start; and if you have the random desktop feature on, set it to something that's like every log-in or preferably, off, because it can use up a lot of processer power if you have it to change ever 5 seconds (like me. :P)

and Path Finder instead of the Finder, not to mention a number of applications. ...

I've set Path Finder as my Finder, so I doubt I'll be seeing this. ...

I too hate the dock and find that it always gets in the way. I've lived without the dock for a long long time now. At first I moved the dock out of the directory as described above and used windowshade too to hide windows. The only problem though is the dock has to be running in order to change or set your background. So I had to write a shell script to launch and then...