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You can have other interfaces in addition to the files, that discourage, perhaps strongly, getting to them directly. But it's always been straight up evil to completely remove all meaningful access to them, and yet Apple et al chose to go in this direction.
"Et al"? Google provides a file manager for Android.
I used to really like Google Picasa, but then it stopped working on Linux, and then at all [1]. It was fantastic and fit all of my ideas on how photo organization was supposed to work. I got fantastic feedback when I recently asked about a personal wiki that would fit my criteria [2], so I figure I'll ask here for a photo library management app. My use case isn't just personal photos, but also concept art. I would lo…
I'd rather like to see something similar to `python -m http.server`, that way you don't need a separate server and you don't need to copy the file, just run the program.
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When you try and obfuscate the fact that it is a purchased product, it makes one a hustler. This is no different than the many click-bait sites that offer -free- stuff that are actually purchased items.
It's not obfuscated, the landing page says the following under the section "License". > Files is free to use with basic features. To remove the license-popup and unlock additional features, you may purchase a license [$39] from within the app.
About Files app not being "single file" because it loads JS/CSS resources from the CDN (internet). That is of course a correct observation, and this is already noted on the website. From an operational perspective, there is only one file to download/move/install, and from a functional perspective for the vast majority, it will be viewed in browser with an active internet connection. Furthermore, it was INTENDED BY DESIGN to load all JS/CSS from CDN, because ultimately it improves the user-experience, and makes it plausible to make an app like this wrapped into a single index.php file.
It's not reasonable to add ALL Javascript/CSS directly into the index.php file. PHP is only 10% of the codebase, and it would bloat the file to insane dimensions and make it difficult to maintain. JS/CSS is loaded from CDN service jsdelivr.com, with multi-level redundancy (Amazon, Cloudfront, Cloudflare), and will load faster and cache more effectively than anything served from within the index.php app on your own server. Furthermore, some plugins are served on-demand, for example when browser needs a "polyfill" or for specific features. For functional reasons, benefiting the vast majority who do not care how/where the JS/CSS is loaded from, JS and CSS files are therefore served from CDN. If this does not suit you, nobody has any problem with that.
Does anyone have any examples of any other single-file app with a comprehensive interface like Files app that is entirely self-contained?
There will be a future release where you can assign all scripts/css to be loaded from local path, but then of course all these files will need to be installed alongside Files app index.php. We will NOT be adding all JS/CSS directly into the index.php file.
About license, as stated on the website, you can use it as a file viewer for free (with the nag). If you want to remove the nag and use it as a file manager, license is required. Those who expect apps like this to be entirely free with updates and support, are living in dream land. It's hardly worthwhile in the first place. There are loads of other free apps, and if you can't see any difference, then your choice is easy.
I have noted comments about license info being unclear, thanks.
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There is also this gem. > Add username and password to protect your Files app by login. You can encrypt your password by using our md5() hash tool if you don't want the password to be exposed in the PHP file. Now I realize it's probably not using md5, but it does not bode well. [1] https://www.files.gallery/docs/config/#password
I checked, they use md5 extensively.
Hi, Files app DEVELOPER here. Someone notified me that the app had been posted here. A lot of negative comments, which I don't have a problem with, but I can perhaps clarify a few things. About Files app not being "single file" because it loads JS/CSS resources from the CDN (internet). That is of course a correct observation, and this is already noted on the website. From an operational perspective, there is only one…
[0] https://j11g.com/2021/11/23/corbin-static-responsive-image-a... [1] https://github.com/jan-vandenberg/corbin
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Not really. This index.php is just a wrapper as it will refer their .js/.php which you have no control of. To use it fully you'll have to write those as well, at which point you can just start from scratch on your own terms.
So is it running arbitrary PHP on my server if I run this?