[latexr]

> The biggest, most crucial difference that Mac users don't seem to know they're missing is how every single Windows dialog box acts like a complete version of Windows Explorer. The Mac's save and open dialog boxes are absolutely infuriating.

Consider the alternative that while it is infuriating to you, macOS users aren’t “missing” anything because we prefer it this way.

A common action on save and open dialog boxes is to drag a directory or file from somewhere else on top of them, which will switch the dialog to that selection. Some years ago, on a macOS beta, they changed this behaviour and it would instead move the path (i.e. the dialog acted like a regular Finder window) and power users hated it. By the final version it again behaved like it used to, and I’m glad.

[wayneftw]

> drag a directory or file from somewhere else on top of them, which will switch the dialog to that selection. Some years ago, on a macOS beta, they changed this behaviour and it would instead move the path...power users hated it.

Huh? Dragging and dropping things into modal dialogs sounds like a terrible way to do anything.

The limitation of the macOS file dialogs have nothing to do with dragging or dropping to or from external sources. The functionality that's missing from them are things like: Not being able to rename, move or delete a folder that you mistakenly created through the dialog.

Power users typically prefer having a function over not having it. I doubt any power user would lament being able to do these things I've mentioned.

[bobbylarrybobby]

1. Dragging and dropping is by far the easiest way to navigate to an already-open file or a file that you already have selected in another window. 2. You can delete and rename files and folders in the save dialog, no problem there.

[copperx]

This is the single most annoying thing about Windows. How do users cope? I copy the path of an already opened dialog and paste it, which is atrocious compared to dragging and dropping.

[runjake]

> Huh? Dragging and dropping things into modal dialogs sounds like a terrible way to do anything.

This sounds exactly like what the proxy icon functionality in macOS does.

[fomine3]

Dragging oriented UI was fine on mouse era (still on Windows?) but now macOS' primary pointing device is trackpad. Dragging with trackpad isn't good.

[latexr]

> Dragging with trackpad isn't good.

Agreed for the default behaviour. But I always turn on three finger drag[1] (which used to be more discoverable) and it’s fine.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204609

[fomine3]

Three finger drag is good but sometimes trackpad don't have enough distance and a bit hassle.

[timbit42]

> Consider the alternative that while it is infuriating to you, macOS users aren’t “missing” anything because we prefer it this way.

LOL!