[unalone]

What is amazing is that most Apple users even agree with me that it is completely terrible.

How is that remotely amazing? Mac users tend to be honest about what their stuff is like. Liking an operating system doesn't mean you can't be critical of parts of it.

Although, I like Finder more than I do Windows Explorer. What features does Explorer have that put it leagues above Finder, like this article would suggest?

[davejohnson]

Yah Exploring is not for everyone nor is Finder. I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great (compared to thee sliding panes in Finder for example) and the context menu integration of many apps is also good (eg win merge and tortoise).

[unalone]

I think that the tree view in Exploring while still showing the contents of the tree is great

But that's something that Finder handles, also. The CMD-2 view. Or am I missing something?

Also, what are in Merge and Tortoise? I don't get what context menu integration means.

[elai]

the cmd-2 view shows files & folders in one window, while explorer shows a tree of folders only on the left and the contents on the right.

[unalone]

Sounds a bit excessive. But whatever works, works. Thanks for clarifying!

[wizlb]

Context menu integration (more commonly known as shell integration) means that when you install certain programs like Tortoise, the program will add extra menu items to the context menus that show up when you right-click files of a specific type or a folder.

I love my Beyond Compare shell integration. Right-click on Folder A, choose "select left side", find Folder B, right click, choose "compare to Folder A" and then Beyond Compare pops up and diffs all the files in the two folders.

[unalone]

Oh, gotcha.

I don't know. I never really used that as a Windows user. It seemed to add clutter, and that always bugged me. But I guess it helps for some things.

Beyond Compare sounds nifty.