Everyone out there with a stiffy for the “rewritten in Cocoa” Snow Leopard Finder needs to get a grip. Cocoa is just an API. It is not some sort of magic technology where you just sprinkle a ton of square brackets in your source code and you instantly get a better UI.
From a user’s perspective, the Snow Leopard Finder is going to be pretty much the exact same turd we’ve had in Mac OS X all along.
Brent Simmons three years ago:
But Cocoa can’t, on its own, fix problems with a flawed design.
The problem with the Finder is really a people problem: it will get fixed if and when somebody with the authority, resources, and will to fix it appears.
Cocoa is no magic bullet—there aren’t any magic bullets.
A Cocoa Finder is a nice idea, but what we really need is something like Pathfinder to be the default Finder. Supporting Tabs, would be my most desired feature for a new Finder.
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