Finder - Rethunk

I love creativebits. If you're interesting in all things design-ish, I recommend you swing over there with a free minute. Over the weekend I came across an interesting post there about rethinking the Finder, its functionality and how useless the desktop has become. The author argues that, despite the miracle of Spotlight, a significant portion of our daily work is simply opening files and folders, and our desktop (a folder like any other) is either cluttered with files – obscuring the pretty wallpaper – or buried under application windows. This is a problem.

The solution? "Desk", a concept the post's author conceived that combines the paradigms of the desktop and the Finder, throwing in a few more tools for good measure, such as a static clipboard in the Finder window's sidebar that can hold multiple files and snippets. If your interest is piqued, check out the post for an in-depth explanation, as well as a Quicktime movie (3.1 MB) of the process in action. I for one would welcome a Finder facelift like this, as I've been bored and annoyed with the desktop for a while now. Viva la revolution!