There have been efforts to replace Finder (notably Path Finder), but TotalFinder instead aims to build on top of Apple's file browser with useful new features.
Tabbed and dual-pane browsing are the highlights. The former uses Google Chrome-style tabs that enable you to open multiple tabs in a single Finder window. Tabs can be dragged between windows or turned into new windows, and dragging files between tabs works nicely.
The dual-pane mode also works surprisingly well, effectively welding two Finder windows together; the end result is perhaps visually cluttered, but we don't see how BinaryAge could improve things without losing functionality, and the mode enables efficient file management.
TotalFinder also provides a system wide Finder window called Visor, which appears from the foot of the screen when activated, and settings to place folders above files and show invisible system files.
The trade-off for all these features currently appears to be speed (Finder was less snappy, though still usable, on our test machines when TotalFinder was running) and aesthetics; TotalFinder's Chrome stylings are okay, but there were regular visual bugs throughout testing, such as background windows being displayed in foreground style.
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