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File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by netsharc »

jacobgkau wrote: post #15
thecrumb wrote: post #13

Windows only? Why would I use (buy) this over DirectoryOpus? That said would love to see it on Linux.

The top of the homepage says File Pilot was made from scratch (so I'd expect inherently less technical debt than something that's been around since the 90's). Comparing its screenshots to Directory Opus, it looks less cluttered, or at least slightly different. The interface looks like it adheres to the Windows 11 design style a little more, versus Directory Opus's screenshots looking like Windows 8-10. If I used Wind…

I prefer to use Win10 and probably move to Linux after that, so the interface doesn't match the rest of my OS. It's incredibly fast though.

But speaking of technical debts, I couldn't open a UNC path ( \\nas\share\ ). Opening a network share mounted to a drive letter worked fine though.

Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by yoyohello13 »

huhtenberg wrote: post #6

Found plenty of screencaps on the Handmade page [1] and it looks refreshingly snappy ... and under 2MB in size! Excellent work, OP. Complements to the chef. [1] https://filepilot.handmade.network

I was at Handmade Seattle in 2023 and the auditorium cheered when he was showing off the prototype and did a file search in <1 second, lol.

Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by delfinom »

thecrumb wrote: post #13

Windows only? Why would I use (buy) this over DirectoryOpus? That said would love to see it on Linux.

I imagine it's because the UI may not be portable to Windows

Linux basically has a pile of dogpoo and now with wayland still blocking the ability to have dockable windows, good luck. Lol

Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by resoluteteeth »

delfinom wrote: post #23
thecrumb wrote: post #13

Windows only? Why would I use (buy) this over DirectoryOpus? That said would love to see it on Linux.

I imagine it's because the UI may not be portable to Windows Linux basically has a pile of dogpoo and now with wayland still blocking the ability to have dockable windows, good luck. Lol

I'm pretty happy with the kde file manager on wayland personally

Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by linsomniac »

willaaam wrote: post #11

Please, I beg you dear developer, replace my stupid MacOS finder with your superpowers!

What is the deal with MacOS file dialogs? A couple days ago I was trying to open a project in Cursor, and I click on "home" and my name, and then it has the directories grouped by year created. So I type in the search box, but it's now searching some other context, like the whole system or something? I don't even have tons of files/directories in my home directory "ls | wc -l" gives 36.

It's like they designed it while watching High Fidelity: "I sorted my albums autobiographically. So if I'm looking for I have to remember that it's under albums I bought for a girl but ended up not giving to her." "That sounds like a great idea!"

Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface

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Post by nipperkinfeet »

Wow, after so many useless bloated Electron based applications over the years, this is like a breath of fresh air. This is so fast, lightweight, portable, and uses only 17 MB of memory with XL icons of over 10k photos. Very impressive. If only more developers would quit their laziness and make such software again.
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