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Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by lillecarl »

r00tanon wrote: post #9
quilombodigital wrote: post #7

aff... I understand that this is a good idea, but posting a project in HN without a release, and saying it will have , but have not implemented the cool features at the frontpage, like cloud integration, photos, search, tags, extensions, cloud integration(gdrive,dropbox,etc), key manager, etc... This is the dictionary´s definition of vaporware . Maybe all you want is to attract more developers to the project, but if…

Yes. Why would I trust all my files to this? Needs to be a lot further along. why is "Rust" a feature? I could care less the implementation language as long as the thing works as advertised.

Rust is a feature because as anything written in rust is subject to one of the smartest typesystems on the planet, designed to make you do the right thing. It's also easier to maintain and refactor than many other languages.

I definitely see it as a feature, but I don't choose software solely based on this.

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by jraph »

gary_0 wrote: post #6

The site breaks the back button in Firefox.

Related, was it difficult to just write this static page in plain HTML/CSS? They come with not breaking stuff and the web by default.

We really need to unbreak the present before unlocking the future, or the future will still be broken.

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by donatj »

sporkle-feet wrote: post #40

The actual problem I need solving: multiple copies of files in multiple places, older versions of documents not linked to to the latest versions, disorganized backups. Also - as a potential user, I would much prefer to read about useful features, rather than what language it's written in and why. (Rust! Webviews!)

That's why I use git for basically everything of value.

My friend, an engineer for a Fortune 500 was lamenting to me recently having had someone overwritten one of his designs on a shared drive. He had to get IT to pull a backup.

It absolutely perplexes me that DVCS isn't the norm outside of programming.

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by bloopernova »

kkfx wrote: post #32

Hum, try to imaging a new files manager: instead of force you traversing a tree it gives you a search&narrow UI, not just in files names but in a sort of metadata-rich notes/headings witch may also have a file or more attached or may not. Imaging you hit a key and type things like: - "ph b" and just phone bills results appear - "car ins" and car(s) insurance(s) appears - "ph sum" and some summer photos "notes" with l…

I just want to say I really like this comment and I think you're correct.

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by nisegami »

lillecarl wrote: post #51
r00tanon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Why would I trust all my files to this? Needs to be a lot further along. why is "Rust" a feature? I could care less the implementation language as long as the thing works as advertised.

Rust is a feature because as anything written in rust is subject to one of the smartest typesystems on the planet, designed to make you do the right thing. It's also easier to maintain and refactor than many other languages. I definitely see it as a feature, but I don't choose software solely based on this.

I thought you were going for satire with your first sentence. Then I read sentences 2 and 3.

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by rob74 »

radicalriddler wrote: post #57

I want to point out that this is being developed by some guy called Jamie Pine on twitch, but this doesn’t look to be posted by Jamie. I absolutely don’t think its ready to showcase on HN.

Maybe it's less showcasing the product and more fishing for sponsors/contributors/first adopters? Whatever it is, it seems to be moderately successful, at least judging by the attention it's getting...

Re: Spacedrive – A File Explorer from the Future

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Post by rubyist5eva »

woojoo666 wrote: post #24
rubyist5eva wrote: post #10

Javascript UI? dealbreaker

Why does the choice of programming language matter to the end user?

Because every single JavaScript UI I use is a bloated, slow mess - even “optimized” apps like vscode feel like sludge to me compared to Sublime Text or Nova.

Last thing I want is a sluggish file manager that uses a crap tone of memory with a bunch of “ui renderer processes”.

Check out Pathfinder for a power user file manager done right.

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