Icon size in Mountain Lion

I just upgraded to Mountain Lion and it's great, but I used to be able to change the size of icons just by pinching on the trackpad and whatever the opposite of pinching is. I know I can't "right click" and bring up "View Options" and change it that way, but that's not nearly as convenient for as often as I use this tiny feature. It sounds silly, but I got really used to it for what I do for work and it's been annoying not being able to figure it out. Thanks for your help!

I guess you mean icons in the Finder icon view? If so, I know what you mean. That was a pretty cool feature.
I believe the only other thing you can do now is to enable the status bar (command /, or from the View menu), and use the little slider that is there.

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