OS X Finder

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From: Michael G Schwern
Subject: OS X Finder
Date: 01:28 on 03 Jan 2004
In the OS 9 Finder one could quickly navigate to a folder in an open
window by typing the first few letters of it and then correcting with
the arrow keys.  If you wanted to drill down into it, either cmd-o or
cmd-downarrow, but this opened a new window.  No problem, hold down shift to
avoid this.  cmd-uparrow to move up a folder.  This made navigating a directory tree nearly as fast as a command line.

Enter the OS X Finder.  Everything works the same, but they changed the
default.  Now the default is to open a folder in the same window.  Great!
Except that they took away a hotkey to open in a seperate window.
shift-cmd-downarrow still opens in the same window.  shift-cmd-o opens
in a different window but using this rediculously slow zoom animation that
I can't figure how to turn off.  cmd-doubleclick will do what I want, but
that means I have to use the mouse.

Three ways to open a folder, three different behaviors.  Argh.


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