The new Finder in Snow Leopard puts column view almost on the same level as other Finder views.<

If you use the Finder’s column view, you’ll appreciate the new option to designate the sorting order. Snow Leopard’s new Finder lets you sort by name, date modified, date created, size, kind, or label. But as much as I like the new sorting options, column view still lacks the option to set the sort order as ascending or descending.