maltch
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:40PM (#49590678)
I think frustrating is the most appropriate word. Finder is great if my files are organized and I know exactly where something is. My concrete one... The save dialog opens where it was last, so files land in places I didn’t choose, and nothing in Finder or Spotlight helps me later unless I remember the name or the contents.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:34PM (#49590626)
Totally. Netlify bugged out for a few.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:32PM (#49590612)
Time is merely the default order. You can also sort by what the document says. The amount. The date printed on it. Who it's from. So a receipt search isn't "when did I save this" it is "the $1200 one from March." That's what makes it work beyond photos, where all you have is time and place.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @04:29PM (#49590577)
Fair, and I should have posted it as a Show HN. It's my app and my essay, and I said so in the thread as soon as it came up. New account because I've read here for years without commenting. Happy for a mod to relabel it.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:44PM (#49590118)
Explorer is a much better tool than Finder. Couldn't agree more.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:39PM (#49590071)
It's my app, no veil intended. It pulls all the drives, folders into one stream . So it doesn't matter where a file is located. Then it reads what is inside so you can type in what you remember.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:34PM (#49590002)
If you have the time to be focused on folder hierarchy and organization, great. Most of the people I help don't, and I built this for them. In building it, I learned that organizing files wastes much more time than you think. Finding files is all anyone actually needs.
Re:Finder is so frustrating and has been since day one
on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:29PM (#49589938)
So true, so true. Every time I think I've got my structure set up properly, I then do something in haste, and can't find it later. Power user and file manager are two totally different things.