When I'm using an application that freezes with a spinning pinwheel, I can Cmd + tab to the Finder and get to the Force Quit utility in the Apple menu. While it's true that I can switch to any other running application and do the same, I find it comforting that the Finder will always be there if I have only one app open and it freezes on me.
[Yes, I realize there's also a keyboard shortcut for Force Quit, but I don't know what those symbols even stand for, since they're not on my keyboard (except for that Cmd 4-leaf clover thingy), so I can't type them here, and won't be able to look them up if I'm stuck in a frozen app with no way out.]
There are a lot of reasons to hate the Finder, but I don't feel like this is one of them.
[Yes, I realize there's also a keyboard shortcut for Force Quit, but I don't know what those symbols even stand for, since they're not on my keyboard (except for that Cmd 4-leaf clover thingy), so I can't type them here, and won't be able to look them up if I'm stuck in a frozen app with no way out.]
There are a lot of reasons to hate the Finder, but I don't feel like this is one of them.