Gmail, yea... I dont see how iPhoto is expected to know about gmail. How about, if it's your wife and she doesn't like exporting photos, just setup Mail to use her gmail account.
For file sharing... yea, windows file sharing really sucks. Not sure what to say about that. Half the time I can't get my windows machines to see my other windows machines, heh.
Finder needs (and has been getting) some work. Still, I don't get your complaint. There's a bar right at the top that shows the current directory, click it and you get a breadcrumb trail all the way down to the root, and a list of recent/common places! Also, column view is where it's at, and it helps bring things fewer clicks away.
The last one, well, it's hardly a complaint and more a lack of understanding on her part. Just tell her in simple terms what's happening. Applications are not windows, an application can have multiple (or 0) windows while it's running. If she can't grasp it, disable the dock and replace it with an app launcher maybe?
For file sharing... yea, windows file sharing really sucks. Not sure what to say about that. Half the time I can't get my windows machines to see my other windows machines, heh.
Finder needs (and has been getting) some work. Still, I don't get your complaint. There's a bar right at the top that shows the current directory, click it and you get a breadcrumb trail all the way down to the root, and a list of recent/common places! Also, column view is where it's at, and it helps bring things fewer clicks away.
The last one, well, it's hardly a complaint and more a lack of understanding on her part. Just tell her in simple terms what's happening. Applications are not windows, an application can have multiple (or 0) windows while it's running. If she can't grasp it, disable the dock and replace it with an app launcher maybe?
Feel free to go on.
Cheers!