That's strange. Whenever I go into a computer store or electronics store, they have gaming PCs on display.
And the Apple Store puts Mac Pros with 32-inch Apple monitors on display, but if you think more people are buying those than iPods, you're an idiot.
If we are a minority, I'd say we've got a pretty big money-wrapped dick to wave around.
Well yes, we're the ones buying the high-dollar computers. There are a lot of people buying cheap things and a few people buying expensive things. This isn't some kind of huge revelation, it's basic economics.
If you're talking about actual Windows Explorer (the program that MS hides in the ass-end of the Accessories group so that you never try to use it) then it's pretty easy to just drag files and such into the directory view on the left.
If you're talking about the "let's make it like navigating the Internet that's not confusing at all" Explorer, then yes, it's a badly designed piece of wang that they experimented with in 98 and never bothered to remove or even stop using as a default.
(Although a quick peek shows that it's got a folder view too now. That's what I get for not even bothering to look in ten years. So, er, what are you complaining about now?)
He's talking about viewing two folders side-by-side. Not just the folder icons, but the contents of the folders.
Tree view doesn't let you see the contents of the folder you're moving files to, is inadequate if you're copying both ways, and gets totally unwieldy as you go deeper into the hierarchy.
The funniest thing is that this is something I didn't even realize annoyed me that, in hindsight, totally does -- I shouldn't have to open a new window to copy files straight across.
Moreover, it inspired me to make a (very cursory) examination of my file browser, and it turns out I DON'T! Under Dolphin, you just go to View -> Split View, and it does EXACTLY what Geo describes. Thank you, Geo, for getting me to think about, and then immediately fix, this problem.
Anyway. For those of you using KDE, Dolphin totally does this. For those of you using Windows, I know there are third-party file managers; if anyone finds one that matches Geo's description, please share with the class.