[TC]

Lots of bitching about column view being unmac like, non spatial browsing, etc.

So lets sort this out with a fight (well a poll anyway), which view do you use?

I use column view to get around and might switch to list view to help sort things once inside a folder (cmd-2). I would pick column view since that's what I use all the time to get around.

[Axo1ot1]

I use all of them depending on the circumstances.

[spiky_dog]

Originally posted by Axo1ot1:
I use all of them depending on the circumstances.

ditto. i use launchbar for my apps , list view for new pictures from each day, icon view for structures that don't change (like the folder hierarchy of my website), and column views when i want to find something elsewhere.

[Sharky K.]

There should be an option to view "every" folder in the column view and to disable icon and list view... Also column view doesn't create the .DS_store file in every directory.

[asxless]

Originally posted by Sharky K.:
There should be an option to view "every" folder in the column view and to disable icon and list view... Also column view doesn't create the .DS_store file in every directory.

Agreed. This would be handy for SMB file shares, etc. where it would be nice not to 'litter' the server with 'Mac stuff".

BUT... there should also be an option to use List view in Open/Save dialogs.

FWIW the _only_ time I use column view is when forced by Open/Save dialogs. Default Folder helps a lot because I rarely have to navigate a directory tree 'alphabetically' with the file/folder names scrunched (...) and often indistinguishable.

asxless in iLand

[Ron Goodman]

I would like to be able completely turn off list and icon view too. OS X is getting better, but I still get windows from time to time opening in something other than column, which is a pain in the neck.

[Cipher13]

In OS9? List.
In OSX? Icon, usually.

OSX's icon view blows.

[Sven G]

I usually prefer the "new" column view: there should also be an option for adjusting the icons' sizes in this view option, IMHO, as they tend to be a little too small.

As I said elsewhere, it would be nice to also add the "folder tree" (MS) and "multiple browser" (UNIX/Linux/Amiga) view options to the Finder - especially (but not only) for the power users' needs...

[Zadian]

Most of the time i use column view. It may not be Mac like but i think it's very fast and very helpful with lots of folders in a deep folder hierarchy.

I have set folders with pictures to icon view and 128x128 icons and "show preview".

I guess i use the view that is most suited for the task. Column view for fast file search or file-browsing, icon view for most of the other tasks (file organisation, picture browsing...).

[Millennium]

Column view rocks; they actually took a non-spatial paradigm and made it work well. Sorry, Tog.

But I do wish there are an option -as several other people here have noted- to "lock" the system into Column view. While I don't have problems with my TiBook forgetting window preferences, my Beige G3 forgets all the time. I'm not sure why.

[kennedy]

I think column view is one of the best innovations of OS X... I miss it dearly when in OS 9 or Windoze. I too wish I could lock it into column view.

[chris v]

The two things I hated the most about OS 9's Finder were a single window in list view with all the disclosure triangles open, and a resultant list a mile and a half long(ScrollScrollScrollScroll....) and having a million finder windows open and trying to figure out which of them to bring to the front, and where the one you want is hiding.

Column view fixed both of those things for me. The first time I saw it demoed in a MacWorld video, I fell in instant love. I don't care if it's Mac-like or not. It just simply makes sense to me. One window, hirarchy easily visible, no looooong list to scroll and scroll through, trying to find something.

Now that they've implemented spring-loaded folders again, drag and drop in a single column window is relatively pleasant.

I just miss those tabbed folders. I'd love to be able to pin four or five to the right side of the screen.

CV

[Appleman]

Originally posted by Millennium:
But I do wish there are an option -as several other people here have noted- to "lock" the system into Column view.

What about Show View Options in the Finder, where you can tell it to do that for all windows? Works for me.

And of course in the Finder Preferences you can tell it "Open new windows in Column View"

[Appleman]

Originally posted by Appleman:

What about Show View Options in the Finder, where you can tell it to do that for all windows? Works for me.

Well, actually I'm wrong here I guess. Must work for me because of the Finder Preferences then: I always see nothing else than Column View, unless I choose to see it in Icon View, which I almost never use.

[mrtew]

Originally posted by Sharky K.:
Also column view doesn't create the .DS_store file in every directory.

Cool, I didn't know that!

Is there a way to delete every .DS_store file from my computer so I can start over without them? I can't even find them with the finder, even when I make them visible with Tinkertool except for seeing them one at a time. Could the terminal delete them all at once. What's the command? Is that safe or would it destroy the system to remove them all?

[-Q-]

I like icon view for stuff on my computer and prefer columns for navigating servers at work, or other computers with large file heirarchies.

I like the fact that I have a choice for what works best for me depending on the situation...

[SupahCoolX]

Teh c01umz 0wnz!!!111!
I love the speed and keyboard navigation of using columns, but would like to see the ability to adjust icon sizes and "lock" the system in column view, as others mentioned. That would make it perfect.

[mrtew]

Originally posted by SupahCoolX:
Teh c01umz 0wnz!!!111!
I love the speed and keyboard navigation of using columns, but would like to see the ability to adjust icon sizes and "lock" the system in column view, as others mentioned. That would make it perfect.

Actually you CAN adjust the icon sizes very easily in column view. Just go to view options (Apple-J) and select bigger text. The icons will get bigger too. The large text looks a little silly, but if you have big icons then big text makes sense too. Personally, I use column view with the icons off. I think it's much easier to read the names of the files without the little blob in front of them.

[wataru]

I always use Columns, except in my Downloads folder, which is in List view sorted by Date Modified.