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Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by huhtenberg »

mherrmann wrote: post #39
huhtenberg wrote: post #33

It's an interesting project, clearly stemming from scratching one's personal itch. Congrats on the Show HN, always an exciting experience :) A bit of a reality check though if you don't mind - I think you will have very hard time selling this. Windows chunk of your target audience will undoubtedly be already using Far and its many plugins, and thus have very little reason for switching. Conversely, those not familiar…

I'm nearly sold out [1] so I don't see a problem selling this. Far manager is command-line only. 24% of my visitors are on Mac, Windows is 34% - hardly 1/10. [1]: https://fman.io/buy

> I'm nearly sold out

Can I ask what your sales goals/expectations are? Being "sold out" on software licenses certainly looks like a marketing trick rather than a meaningful demand quantifier.

> 24% of my visitors are on Mac, Windows is 34% - hardly 1/10

The 1/10 is the actual rate of Mac to Windows desktop shares. The fact that you are getting 24/34 simply means that you are either not reaching Windows audience or the product doesn't resonate with it.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by orclev »

mherrmann wrote: post #39
huhtenberg wrote: post #33

It's an interesting project, clearly stemming from scratching one's personal itch. Congrats on the Show HN, always an exciting experience :) A bit of a reality check though if you don't mind - I think you will have very hard time selling this. Windows chunk of your target audience will undoubtedly be already using Far and its many plugins, and thus have very little reason for switching. Conversely, those not familiar…

I'm nearly sold out [1] so I don't see a problem selling this. Far manager is command-line only. 24% of my visitors are on Mac, Windows is 34% - hardly 1/10. [1]: https://fman.io/buy

Just for some statistics, I just purchased it but the main selling point for me is cross platform. I use Windows/Linux at home and Mac at work, so a tool that works on all of them is a real boon to me. This way I can customize and use a single tool and use it no matter where I am. Same reason I purchased a copy of Sublime Text.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by zerr »

huhtenberg wrote: post #33

It's an interesting project, clearly stemming from scratching one's personal itch. Congrats on the Show HN, always an exciting experience :) A bit of a reality check though if you don't mind - I think you will have very hard time selling this. Windows chunk of your target audience will undoubtedly be already using Far and its many plugins, and thus have very little reason for switching. Conversely, those not familiar…

Why go Far when we have Total Commander?

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by mherrmann »

zerr wrote: post #43
huhtenberg wrote: post #33

It's an interesting project, clearly stemming from scratching one's personal itch. Congrats on the Show HN, always an exciting experience :) A bit of a reality check though if you don't mind - I think you will have very hard time selling this. Windows chunk of your target audience will undoubtedly be already using Far and its many plugins, and thus have very little reason for switching. Conversely, those not familiar…

Why go Far when we have Total Commander?

TC is great but it's not available on Mac (my original motivation for starting the project [1]) or Linux. Also, it's showing its age.

[1]: https://fman.io/blog/introducing-fman/

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by mherrmann »

BeetleB wrote: post #38

I can tell this is inspired by Norton Commander. My obvious question: Why use fman when I can use Midnight Commander (for Linux) and Far Manager for Windows? Both are very powerful and mature. One reason I ask: fman requires a paid license for business use, whereas the other two do not. (Wrote a Midnight Commander guide once: http://nawaz.org/media/docs/mc/mc.pdf )

Both are command-line only and some people just want a GUI.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by mherrmann »

bootlooped wrote: post #34

I like it at first glance, it is a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the other alternatives others have mentioned. I will try it out for a while and buy it if I like it enough. Why is there a limited number of licenses available?

I want to see "who's in". As a commercial project [1], fman needs to first and foremost appeal to its paying users. Limiting the license sale in both time and quantity lets me select for these people.

[1]: https://fman.io/blog/fmans-business-strategy/

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by mherrmann »

zokier wrote: post #32

Cute project. I really like keyboard-driven graphical applications, they have so much potential. The licensing seems bit curious, whats the rationale in limiting the amount and time?

You mean why the current license sale is limited in amount and time - I answered this in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13777696
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