[toyg]

That list is a bit silly. One item is basically "Finder has a better preview feature, but you can get a better-better one in Windows with <third-party app>". At that point, pretty much all other items become invalid, since you can find Mac apps that will give you the required features in ways that are superior to anything Windows ships with. It's also slightly ignorant of MacOS features (like Zoomed windows). The only item I agree with is the window-management icons being too small and hard to reach - sadly the truth is that they don't want you to use them really, in modern macos you're largely supposed to jockey between fullscreen apps.

I'm no fanboy (in fact, I think I'll move off macos in the next year or so), and there is a lot to like in modern Windows, but that list doesn't really hack it.

> why can't I just create a markdown file in a folder,

Because you're "reasoning it wrong" (eh): you don't really want to "create a markdown file"! You want to write something and then store it as markdown. So you open a writing program then save the output as markdown. I'm not trying to attack you or persuade you of anything, I'm just explaining the different approach in terms of usability, the rationale behind the implementation choice.

I also agree that the stock save-dialogs in macos are somewhat less powerful than the Windows implementation, but they compensate with a more consistent handling of global shortcuts (what will appear on the left bar in Windows dialogs is something of a lottery).

[ajmurmann]

Do you still find the save dismiss less powerful after they are expanded with Ctrl+g

[toyg]

you mean cmd-shift-g?

ctrl-g doesn't do anything for me (Mojave).