What SPECIFICALLY do you need path or total finder to do for you that Finder isn't able to do for you?

With respect to my colleagues, I don't think either program is IMO a good suggestion for someone who says they are still learning the Mac. As I say in my essay, "unless you have a specific reason not to do so, just go along with the way Apple designed the system."

I think you've been done a disservice CebuCity, quite frankly.