because total commander is so much better

copy/paste, drag/drop (if that means moving), view size and search. Although the latter is only for convenience sake.

Indeed. Windows explorer is a real misdevelopment missing the point of proper workflow.
Easy to see: Many many people use the desktop as temporary dustbin for unpacking zip file contents etc.
With a proper file browser setup you have no need at all for doing thigns that way.

That's why I use stardock's fences and objectdock! No more cluttered desktop and no need for a silly static taskbar!

To be honest, the whole short-cut idea of the desktop doesn't really work well at all with Windows.

It doesn't surprise me at all that people use the Desktop to unpack files and make folders to store programs and files into. I do so too, as it's intuitive and searching files in Program Files (or the Explorer) doesn't work. Did you ever successfully found your files by doing a search?

Windows desperately needs a 'Go to folder' kind of approach to fix that. Make it all relative and context sensitive.

(Hint: take a close look at Mac. )

Oh, and I hate the fact that some developers make it cumbersome to uninstall a program.

Hm I get a proper search function by pressing Alt+F7 - but I'm using Total Commander, which also eliminates the desktop mess by having dual tree view. You can copy from one side to another.

A go to function exists... at least for desktop shortcuts

Btw: I have desktop icons completely turned off and sice I've done that I improved my workflow a lot. But it needs extra tools as Windows Explorer is a poor solution.

Uhm, nope, well yeah, but not really. A lot of times it's 'greyed out' for some reason and you will need to press right mouse button, go to Properties and there somewhere you can find 'open file location'.

It would have been awesome if we could simply right click anything and click 'go to file/folder' instantly.

Same for installing and un-installing things, why not add an uninstall option to right mouse clicking?

this feature is built in in win7(right click->open loc.):
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/2858/42402908.jpg

and i guess there are shellextensions or reg tweaks for XP that does the same job.

@Quadraxas: This feature is available in Vista, too.

compression is also a important feature.

25% are useing Windows 7? Are you using RC? I do.