Agreed! It has taken me so much time to get accustomed to Finder.
Often it is just the command line and then `open <path>`if finder is needed.
There are some shortcuts to make Finder usage more enjoyable:
- Shift+Command+H go to Home
- Command+Up go to parent folder
- Command+Down go in to selected folder
- Shift+Command+G go to written path
Also Option+Command+P toggles "Path Bar" at the bottom of the window