zbigniewc

Interesting! Having used a Mac for 6 months after years of Windows, I had quite the opposite feelings:

> unzip hidden behind right click or freaking menu button

By default double click or Enter will cause Explorer to peak into .zip files, which is more natural to me as I might not want to unzip the whole file to see the contents.

> rename through right click or f2

The fact that in Finder the Enter button does not actually enter a directory or run/open a file but let me rename it was the biggest surprise. I personally rename filesystem objects rarely, while I 'execute' them all the time, it does not make sense!

> quicklook on Mac is the single greatest feature ever. Mainly because it works in file dialogs. (...) Windows afaik has no equivalent

Fully agree - it is a very useful feature. Explorer also has it under 'Preview pane' name, but it's disabled by default. I think that Mac version is better, because if I remember correctly it does preview PDF files, while Explorer does not. Other typical files work fine.

> somewhat related, maximum length of file paths.

Fully agree.

Such approach assumes that literally all tasks are minefields full of unpredictability. But are they really? In my experience such reasoning and 'magnification' applies only to minority of cases, while most of the time you hopefully deal with well-enough understood domain and codebase to accurately estimate the effort based on the initial judgement.

Thank you for sharing - I will have to put some work into integrating this with my software that is unfortunately based on a tripleton design pattern, but it's worth the effort.