Which View for You? Windows gives us a lot of choices when viewing a list of files. I prefer "List." I organize the list either alphabetically or by date. "Details" comes in handy for...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Windows gives us a lot of choices when viewing a list of files. I prefer "List." I organize the list either alphabetically or by date. "Details" comes in handy for reorganizing. I use Large or Extra Large for viewing pictures. I never use Large or Extra Large when viewing a list of file names.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

I'm usually using details but reorganize as needed.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I prefer list (details) view as I'm usually looking for a particular file or date also.

But if I'm looking for a particular image, I switch to thumbnail view.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

jerryc41 wrote:

Windows gives us a lot of choices when viewing a list of files. I prefer "List." I organize the list either alphabetically or by date. "Details" comes in handy for reorganizing. I use Large or Extra Large for viewing pictures. I never use Large or Extra Large when viewing a list of file names.

I always include “details”…..

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ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

jerryc41 wrote:

Windows gives us a lot of choices when viewing a list of files. I prefer "List." I organize the list either alphabetically or by date. "Details" comes in handy for reorganizing. I use Large or Extra Large for viewing pictures. I never use Large or Extra Large when viewing a list of file names.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

Longshadow wrote:

I prefer list (details) view as I'm usually looking for a particular file or date also.

But if I'm looking for a particular image, I switch to thumbnail view.

Agree with Details for regular files, and for images when my purpose is file related. When my purpose is image related, I use the medium thumbnail view if I do not intend to process the image.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Windows gives us a lot of choices when viewing a list of files. I prefer "List." I organize the list either alphabetically or by date. "Details" comes in handy for reorganizing. I use Large or Extra Large for viewing pictures. I never use Large or Extra Large when viewing a list of file names.

I default to "List" in both Windows and MacOS. If I'm searching for an image without an obvious English name, I'll do thumbnail view on the Mac.

Every time I set up a new computer for myself, I pull out my list of preferred defaults and make it consistent. When I used both operating systems daily, I made them look as close to the same as possible.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

burkphoto wrote:

When I used both operating systems daily, I made them look as close to the same as possible.

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