v5 has completely replaced the finder for me. I used it long before (v3) and didn't like it, but recently checked out the latest after finder kept crashing on me. I love how it swaps out the desktop.

I just wish I could get rid of the last traces of Finder (still shows up via stacks, and some other areas) Maybe snow leopard will allow them better integration points to replace the finder forever

@enjourni : I'm not sure of what you need exactly, but Path Finder can save and restore a window containing several tabs (File->New Tab->New Tab Set...)
It can also combine all open windows (excl. minimized windows) into one window with tabs.

Can I just say something? Why the heck don't any of these finder replacements have simple commands for saving and restoring finder windows? The biggest flaw of the finder is having a million unorganized windows on screen with no way to organize them at all.

I am a heavy used of Pathfinder - makes life a lot easier. But you do need a modern, fast, machine.

Thumbs down. It doesn't support the ZFS features that are included with 10.5.

"Reveal in Path Finder" and QuickLook Support do not save the Path Finder from looking like an old ass from the past century once you found out about Leap.

In 10.4 almost everyone's choice went for the path over the original finder, but with the few improvements in Leopard and the adding of spotlight... with the success of quicksilver and again Leap... there's a hole left in the wall where Path Finder stood. I'm still looking out for improvements or a straight rebuild of the ideas... but then again even muCommander seems to be more effective right now.

i found that i deleted the app and am UNusing it right now, hoping that some dev's wake up from wintersleep and gain some ideas.

I really wanted to like this app since the feature-set is good but every time I try using it, I see how it's still much slower to refresh than the Finder when navigating folders and previewing files. Should be lighting-fast if it's so much better than the Finder.

I was surprised to see Path Finder crash on my Intel MacBook. Also seemed to be responsible for sluggishness when many apps are open, as the problem went away when I stopped launching Path Finder at startup. Quicksilver will have to do for me.

I don't think I could live without this, it is everything the finder should of been.

An advantage of using Path Finder vs. other alternative finders, is that apps like Butler or Quicksilver allow to call Path Finder instead of Finder when opening folders.