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Re:The new MacBook by tmd83 on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @06:09AM (#9183367)
> But to me, it is still far better than any of the alternatives. I like the way it protects the user from doing potentially dangerous actions by hitting a single key and I'm not bothered by command-o, command-delete at all.

What danger is finder saving a user from that other file managers aren't?

Its great for you that you don't mind command-o for open and return for rename. But please don't ask me not to think that making the most used file browser operation to be multi-key shortcut isn't beyond insane. This is exactly the thing that I hate most about this ... 'you are holding it wrong' is the kind of feedback I get from most OSX users.

> You can also get crazy file density in the Finder: http://i.imgur.com/wLW9WvF.jpg

I'm honestly not sure whats the point of this. I don't want to fit many files just for the sake of it. I want it to be useful like this http://imgur.com/EqB1drO

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Re:The new MacBook by tambourine_man on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:26AM (#9206786)
What danger is finder saving a user from that other file managers aren't?

Accidentally deleting a file by pressing a single key

But please don't ask me not to think that making the most used file browser operation to be multi-key shortcut isn't beyond insane.

What do you think is more likely: that other people have different trade-offs and are perfectly happy with the way things are or that they are all beyond insane?

This is exactly the thing that I hate most about this ... 'you are holding it wrong' is the kind of feedback I get from most OSX users.

Some things can be objectively measured, others can't. The funny thing about the 'you are holding it wrong' comment is the absurdity of thinking that there is a right way to hold it. There isn't (or there shouldn't be).

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