> - Files not displaying until you navigate away from a directory and return again.

That's strange. I have never seen this and I've been using OS X since day one, every day. In fact I remember being thrilled when the Spotlight hooks where added and I could run “touch test” on Terminal and the file would instantly appear in the Finder.

> - "Recents"

Oh yes, one of the first things I change, Finder -> Preferences -> General -> New Finder Windows Show…