I am another mop hater! but with our black and white lino in the kitchen its a necessary evil that must be done at least twice a week now DS is commandoing across it, otherwise his front gets pretty grubby real quick!
with regards to the wooden floors, my SIL used to have a friend who would do hers for her, she used one of those swish mops (like the brooms they use in shopping centres) but she once told me she added some amount of methylated spirits to the water, for shine and to speed dry time? not sure how much though?