Comments on: About the Finder http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:17:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Erik J. Barzeski http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-211 You do realize that the next version of Mac OS is going to be 10.3, and that Apple shows no signs of jumping to 0.5-level increments any time soon, putting "Mac OS 11.0" out to about 2011, right? You do realize that the next version of Mac OS is going to be 10.3, and that Apple shows no signs of jumping to 0.5-level increments any time soon, putting "Mac OS 11.0" out to about 2011, right?

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Michael Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-212 We'll see if they have the discipline to only go up 0.1 each year. I think they'll want to make a marketing splash with a big version jump before 2011. We'll see if they have the discipline to only go up 0.1 each year. I think they'll want to make a marketing splash with a big version jump before 2011.

]]> By: Lee Bennett http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Lee Bennett Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-213 Don't utilities like SNAX and and Path Finder dispute your statement that Apple's Finder is not replaceable? Don't utilities like SNAX and and Path Finder dispute your statement that Apple's Finder is not replaceable?

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Michael Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-214 Path Finder (the new version of SNAX) is nice. I'm testing it right now, actually. However, it's not a complete replacement. Programs that talk to the Finder will continue talking to the Finder. For instance, I regularly use the Reveal command in BBEdit, the Dock, iTunes, etc. There are hacks to actually replace Finder.app with Path Finder, but they break all the applications that rely on the Finder for the services it provides. For instance, many applications send Apple events to the Finder to create alias files. I will say this, though. With older versions of SNAX that I tried, I found myself switching back and forth between it and the Finder because it was missing features. The new version is much better. I've been using it most of the day and have not yet needed to drop back into the "real" Finder. Path Finder (the new version of SNAX) is nice. I'm testing it right now, actually. However, it's not a complete replacement. Programs that talk to the Finder will continue talking to the Finder. For instance, I regularly use the Reveal command in BBEdit, the Dock, iTunes, etc. There are hacks to actually replace Finder.app with Path Finder, but they break all the applications that rely on the Finder for the services it provides. For instance, many applications send Apple events to the Finder to create alias files.

I will say this, though. With older versions of SNAX that I tried, I found myself switching back and forth between it and the Finder because it was missing features. The new version is much better. I've been using it most of the day and have not yet needed to drop back into the "real" Finder.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Michael Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-215 I just opened NetNewsWire and saw that <a href="http://daringfireball.net/2003/04/siracusa_on_the_finder.html">John Gruber</a> had already weighed in. He says the people who told him they like the OS X Finder are computer nerds. (But so are Daring Fireball's readers, one would assume.) Anyway, that's an interesting perspective because I've generally heard the opposite argued, that new Mac users like the OS X Finder better because it's more like Web browsers and Windows. I just opened NetNewsWire and saw that John Gruber had already weighed in. He says the people who told him they like the OS X Finder are computer nerds. (But so are Daring Fireball's readers, one would assume.) Anyway, that's an interesting perspective because I've generally heard the opposite argued, that new Mac users like the OS X Finder better because it's more like Web browsers and Windows.

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Michael Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-216 What great timing. Today's <a href="http://www.macjournals.com">MDJ</a> says of Path Finder: "It's a good program - but it's no replacement for the Finder." What great timing. Today's MDJ says of Path Finder: "It's a good program - but it's no replacement for the Finder."

]]> By: Michael http://mjtsai.com/blog/2003/04/02/about_the_finder/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Michael Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=346#comment-217 John C. Welch now has a blog and has <a href="http://www.bynkii.com/generic_mac_stuff/archives/000077.html">added</a> his two cents. John C. Welch now has a blog and has added his two cents.

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