Boy oh Boy. This all started with Hypernate's complaints about the taskbar and Maximized windows. Now we got a pissin' contest about which is better, "Mac" or "Windows". (Before I start, let me just say thank you Racer X for getting my back while I was away.)
To all of you who like the "Windows Explorer":
Fine I see your point on how this can be easy to use in one window. But for the crying you all are doing over the "one" window browser, you can open two finder windows to emulate the same thing. Just place them side by side in list view. Make the right finder your source directory and the drill down through the the left finder and drag and drop to your target directory. In Essence you have the same effect as a "one" window file browser with two Finder windows. I understand what you are saying here Racer X, but you got to remember that the filesystem in Windows is arranged slight ly different and this seems to be the "preferential" use of these windows converts. (Not mine either) But the beauty of OSX, and to a lesser extent OS9 and below, is the ability to customize the finder to match a user's needs. I personally hated clickiing on all of those + to drill down a directory. And by the way, if you drill down too many levels, you will most definately be using the scroll bar to get back to that open folder. This is true in both Windows and Macs unless you already have the target file's directory open. But if you have more than one source file located in different directories, you end up right back in the "finder" problem youare complaining of; a whole lot of scrolling go'in on. Enough on that subject.
For those of you who feel you can't maximize your windows:
Yes you can. It is done differenly on macs. By the way I still agree with you Racer X. What is the need? If you click the + button in the top left, the window should theoretically open to the maximum size needed by the app. Key word "needed". I feel this saves me the trouble of having to minimize down the "Maximized" window in Windows so that I can still see the stuff behind.
For those of you who miss the Windows Taskbar:
Read the documentation on how to operate the Dock. This does the same thing plus alot more than Window's taskbar. I won't go into this debate because I've already hit on a few items earlier in the thread.
For vic:
Calm down dude. Either you have a serious spelling problem or you are a horrendous typer like myself when I get fired up. Please proof read a little because I'm having trouble following your posts with all of the spelling errors.
I mean, I don't claim to be a spelling bee champion by any means, but your argument is better served if the audience can understand what you write. By the way, the only time I ever customized my PC was when I used Litestep to replace the Windows gui or when I replaced Windbloze with Linux or FreeBSD. I do have a PC at work, but I only use to open proprietary apps required by my work. (Which is next to never) It does do a good job of collecting dust. It does an even better job of collecting viruses, even when I don't use it.
For those of you that miss cut and paste of the Windows Explorer:
This I agree would be a useful feature in the Finder. I know you can copy and paste. And you can move a file through drag and drop if the target directory is on the same mount. Anyways, I can live without this feature, especially since I do alot of file moving in the terminal.app anyways and rarely use the finder for this task.
Well I hope I have ruffled enough feathers. I would just like to re-iterate my original point:
For every so called "feature" you miss in windows, there seems to be a workaround in a mac. But if there is not, or if you have not figured it out yet, the best feature of OSX is the ability to customize the desktop to match you specific needs. This is not so in Windows, at least nothing significant anyways without the help of third party software like Litestep. Besides, can you run UNIX apps natively on Windows?
Let me step up to the podium one more time:
OSX gives me the ability to run Unix, Machintosh, and Windows apps all on one box. I have never seen that on a PC. (Except maybe under Linux, but I was never able to get the Mac emulator to work correctly and WINE is a pain in the @$$) So give me another Amen! Lets agree that we all use computer for different needs and lets all love one another.
By the way, not being a BeeGees fan myself, they know enough about music to beat out the Beatles with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Just goes to show how sick the seventies were.
Peace.
SA
