View > Visible columns has very few options and is somewhat limiting for a file manager in my opinion . Users need better flexibility to view meta data of files.
Example:
For audio files, Artist, Album, Track, Duration ,etc
For video files, Duration, Title, Episode, Chapter,etc
For images/ photos, details such as dimension, camera, date taken,etc
For documents, author, organisation,word count, etc
Current workaround for media files is as mentioned here.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=136592