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Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by badsectoracula »

maxxxxx wrote: post #123
badsectoracula wrote: post #120

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They are rare compared to every other desktop/laptop computer, they still have touchpads and really why would you smear your screen with your sweaty fingers when you can avoid that?

I was saying the same thing but once you have one it's actually quite nice from time to time.

Sure, i actually have one (well, kinda, i have a GPD Win which has a touch screen although i still prefer to use the joystick to move the mouse even if it s a bit slower) but optimizing the UI for the rare case doesn't make much sense to me.

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by awinder »

vbezhenar wrote: post #114
awinder wrote: post #102

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So it’s 4x the size of mpc-hc, did the sky really fall here? I’m not on a computer but quickly scanning the repo there’s a fair number of image assets, so I don’t really know that that’s a good proxy for “bloat”

why image assets are necessary with modern application? We should be using vector images by now. And vector images are tiny.

Yeah sounds like a great PR for someone to make who truly thinks this is a major issue

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by OnlyRepliesToBS »

userbinator wrote: post #8

It's funny to see the gradient in the title bar, contrasting with the bland borderless-sea-of-whiteness of the rest of the UI. > FilesUwp.Package_0.5.0.0_x64.zip 54.4 MB Nearly 55MB, compressed , for something that attempts to mimic some of the functionality of the regular explorer.exe, is quite frankly ridiculous. I don't have a system to check right now, but I believe even latest Windows 10 has an explorer.exe http…

irrelevant

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by oblio »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #42
MH15 wrote: post #3

This is an amazing design exercise, but the thing about Win10 that really pushes my buttons is the Control Panel/Settings conundrum. Each version it seems another feature gets added into the real settings app but still needing to open an old-themed dialog to change mouse settings of all things seems odd. It's not like mouse settings are an obscure feature. I'm not sure why a higher emphasis on cohesiveness isn't note…

My fear with all this is we will end up where we started. The same settings but with extra whitespace so you can nominally use it on a tablet. Microsoft have never been able to show the restraint that Apple have when it comes to this stuff.

The new stuff is high DPI aware plus I'm pretty sure is even VR ready.

Microsoft most assuredly has a plan.

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by oblio »

duke7553 wrote: post #43
userbinator wrote: post #16

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Starting early is good, but I think he may have gotten sucked into the UWP hype: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19873198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19883351 If the author is reading this, here's some advice for you: I encourage you to start learning pure Win32 and enjoy the benefits of extreme compatibility (you can create a single .exe that works on anything starting from Windows 95 , depending on th…

Thanks for addressing me with this recommendation. As you may have guessed, I'm the developer of Files UWP. I really have a great deal of respect for those who take the time to learn the guts of the Windows API which simultaneously teaches one how Windows itself works. I won't deny it. There is certainly something pretty great to learning a subsystem written under Gates himself. Further, there have been many instance…

Dude, it's super cool anyway, keep it up!

And since you're so young: don't get too attached to a tech if you consider it a dead end or not ready for primetime.

Personally, I'd go for a Qt app next, if you like desktop apps.

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by clmul »

jchw wrote: post #130
pawjs wrote: post #80

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Taint yourself with illegal source code? What does that even mean?

I did not expect this to be such a controversial point, but I am referring to the fact that even having seen the source code would make me a legal risk to employers and open source projects. Whether this is ridiculous or not is not my point, it’s the reality I live in.

Here's the thing though: suppose you have worked for some previous employer, and seen their proprietary codebase. By your logic, you'll never be able to work on anything else or for any other employer without being a legal risk to them.

I do not think the chances of me implementing something so similar to something I have read before such that it would constitute copyright infringement are very high. I usually can't even remember the exact way I wrote some piece of code months ago myself, let alone something I read...

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by anticensor »

saagarjha wrote: post #74
Sharlin wrote: post #69

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Huh? The function is a no-op. The compiler should optimize it into nothingness, but optimization is not the point here. Or was that an attempt at humor?

I don't know how much the C# compiler optimizes code, if it does at all, but I do know that the JIT compiler is smart enough to delete this. So I came up with an awkwardly-worded response that provided information that I knew to be true.

C# has assignment and mentioning overloading by aliasing to getters and setters. The setter may be holding a shared lock and this pattern may make it release.

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by NikkiA »

potentialverand wrote: post #10
DiabloD3 wrote: post #2

The only thing I've ever wanted from Explorer is... being able to see how big a directory is in the file size column.

If you open the properties of a folder, you can see how long it can take to calculate the size of a folder. This is a feature I've never really needed - what is your scenario for needing this at a glance? When I'm chasing large files that need deleting due to free space pressure I typically use something like the following https://windirstat.net/

I use xyplorer, which has a toggle feature for always displaying the folder sizes, and a keyboard shortcut (shift-F5) to display them for the current folder until changed.

This combination seems to work just fine, I don't usually need folder sizes, so I keep the toggle off, and just hit shift-F5 if I really need to see them.

Re: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

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Post by sleepinseattle »

duke7553 wrote: post #43
userbinator wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Starting early is good, but I think he may have gotten sucked into the UWP hype: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19873198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19883351 If the author is reading this, here's some advice for you: I encourage you to start learning pure Win32 and enjoy the benefits of extreme compatibility (you can create a single .exe that works on anything starting from Windows 95 , depending on th…

Thanks for addressing me with this recommendation. As you may have guessed, I'm the developer of Files UWP. I really have a great deal of respect for those who take the time to learn the guts of the Windows API which simultaneously teaches one how Windows itself works. I won't deny it. There is certainly something pretty great to learning a subsystem written under Gates himself. Further, there have been many instance…

You can use UWP controls in Win32 apps now, and still distribute via the Store. Look up XAML Islands. It’s how the new Windows Terminal works.

I’d recommend pursuing that route if you’re frustrated by UWP app limitations or performance.

Full disclosure: I work at Microsoft on the Windows team.

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