> So, as a Mac user, what does this offer over iTunes?

I second ForkLift on the Mac - it's quite nice.

VOTE: Directory Opus (Windows) - the most powerful, and the most expensive :)

> Agree with FileBox eXtender

Folks, Google Transit depends on the transit agencies to provide a very complex set of data (or outsource it to at least one company I know of that's specializing in it). It's not up to Google. That's why only a tiny number of towns support it so far.

I have exactly 5 icons on my desktop - for projects I'm working on right now + the recycle bin. Burying these items where they will eventually belong and then accessing them with any sort of launcher or god forbid Explorer would slow down my productivity enormously.

You people are crazy :)

The desktop is just a storage space like any other - one that happens to be visible at the press of one (Mac) or two (PC) keys. The obsession with keeping it empty seems a bit bizarre. For years my method has been to put stuff there while I'm working on it, and when I'm done put it in its proper place. Sometimes I…

> get launchy and go iconless, it's liberating!

Ridiculous. I would blame longer work hours for all these ills first.

My favorite is SpeedCommander, but it costs $ and the help is only in German :)

Don't worry, college students. It gets better.

I've never owned a car. I hear gas costs more now?

"atleast Bill Gates gives to charity"

> Us Lifehackers don't mind tinkering around.

> Just because an interface is different

> Hey, Firefox Operating System extension, ftw! ;)

Yawn. Elites learn how to deal without the technology that enhances the lives of the rest of us immensely. Next.

"having performance suck for the first year or two is the price you pay for having a more modern operating system"

Does it ensure that comments post? :)