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I find the bread crumb in the navigation bar of the Windown File Explorer does 90% of the work the columns did. Its advantage is that it takes a lot less screen real-estate, can show more levels at once, which in turn allows navigating further up faster. Its only downside is that to go up and then down takes two clicks instead of one. OTOH, with columns, you an onyl do this if you go up only one level or two, given that the number of visible columns is much more limited than the bread crumbs.

Overall, I think the bread crumbs is a win, especially given the balance between real estate vs frequency of use.




I agree. I thought I'd miss column view when I switched from Mac to Linux, but I'm ok with the breadcrumbs.




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