Meh, everyone's a critic.
You sure point a lot of fingers, but I don't see you coming up with many solutions. What I consider "useless" is an article like this: one full of complaints, and not one constructive idea on what to do about it.
"I suppose after all of this time I was expecting something a bit more revolutionary rather than evolutionary"
Like what?
"The Finder needs a real, honest-to-goodness overhaul."
Like what?
"What it needs is a better way to access files."
Like what?
"All of the slick animation in the world isn’t going to change the fact that a better way of doing things is needed"
Like what?
"This is one Mac user who is hoping that 10.6 will finally address these problems."
Like what?
I suggest you spend less time bitching, and more time thinking of something worthwhile to say. Try answering some of your own questions.
Cover Flow is Pretty, but Fairly Useless