One of those TOP SECRET features in Leopard that Apple was to chicken to share with the world in 2006 was the new Finder, although when you look at it, you kind of wonder why. In short, Leopard’s Finder represents Apple’s love of its own iTunes, and represents the iTunes interface more than anything else–maybe a little too much. Although the Finder as a whole does feel a bit more mature and more polished, it still feels like it falls short of where it could have been. Nevertheless, despite one or two strange features, the Finder still feels like a modern file browser, and while it’s no Path Finder, it remains probably the most accessible, easiest to understand, and easiest to navigate application. And, thank goodness, it still retains the same application icon. Continue reading »

Tags: Cover Flow, features, files, Finder, icons, Leopard Feature Presentation, Mac OS X Leopard, navigation, review, sidebar

Not only does Leopard bring along a brand new Finder (review of that coming later this month), but the open and save panels have been updated to reflect the new changes. There is now a brand new sidebar in both panels that include the same new sidebar that you see in Finder, but the new open and save panels also include some new features that have not been seen thus far.
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Tags: features, files, Finder, flexibility, iLife, Leopard Feature Presentation, Mac OS X Leopard, media, open, panels, review, save