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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 M95D »

6510 wrote: post #52
user_7832 wrote: post #36

I’m not sure if this is really the right place to ask, but it’s close enough so I’ll ask anyway - why are there no apparent file explorers that allow simultaneous “multi depth” viewing? For example, if Folder A contains only Subfolders B and C which are both empty, why are there no explorers that show eg 2 boxes called ‘B’ and ‘C’ inside A’s icon/view? If a directly has dozens of empty folders, and 2 subfolders have…

Sounds interesting, I use to use a tool that showed a drives or folders content by file size. Larger files being larger boxes. It definitely seems useful to have a view where folders are simply boxes with ---names--- in their top border. A folder could also be a simple outline with its name in front of the file names. Something like this https://img.go-here.nl/folder-view.png

SpaceMonger

I used that since Win95.

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

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Post by M95D »

rob74 wrote: post #71
egeozcan wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a one-time purchase of 40 bucks. 200 for priority support. It's not peanuts for many people but far from overpriced IMHO.

40 € includes one year of updates, if you want lifetime updates, you have to pay 200 €. Good old Total Commander, the all-time classic alternative file manager for Windows, costs 42 € + VAT with lifetime updates ( https://www.ghisler.com/order.htm ). But yeah, I have to admit that the application looks as dated as the website...

I like dated. I used it since it was called Windows Commander, on Win311.

Unfortunately Total Commander is starting to become bloated too. The file copy/move window, the one with the progress bars, looks horrible in v11.

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

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Post by usmanmehmood55 »

This is SO much better than Windows explorer! And I'm more than happy to pay for it.

The only issue I have noticed is that the context menu takes a while to open, and it is made worse because of the opening and closing animation. It keeps bugging me because I feel like the context menu of Windows explorer is a bit snappier than this.

I might be wrong but that's what it feels like.

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

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Post by troffed »

Really, really, really impressive the speed of that piece of software.

I tested it with a bit of skepticism, but it left me open-mouthed at the speed with which it does everything.

I will test it for a few days and if it is confirmed, I will not hesitate to purchase a license.

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

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Post by sachahjkl »

stavros wrote: post #78
nipperkinfeet wrote: post #28

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.

What GUI framework did they use for this?

Made it himself

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

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Post by prox »

unquietwiki wrote: post #33

Looks promising, but I'm hard-pressed to think the $40/individual price point is reasonable. $10-20?

Yeah, this feels more like a 25-35 tops type of software, I wouldn’t think twice.

At least the beta is still free now. $50 which is the default price, is too much.

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

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Post by eps »

ap-andersson wrote: post #75
unquietwiki wrote: post #33

Looks promising, but I'm hard-pressed to think the $40/individual price point is reasonable. $10-20?

Yeah and its $40 per year it seems. While its good that you can continue using your version after that it does seem just a little much. I'm not sure I even want to try it now because I don't want to like it and then decide I can't afford it. I'm not against yearly license cost at all, I think that it can be hard for software companies to make something good without it. But for a new software it seems just a tad high.…

It's not "per year". It's your good old conventinal pricing, in disguise.

You buy Xyz 2002, you get to keep Xyz 2002 and get some updates. When new and shiny Xyz 2004 comes out, you look at the spec and decide if new features worth the upgrade cost.

Same here, except improvements are gradual and not packaged into yearly releases.

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

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Post by metalman »

egeozcan wrote: post #65
BLKNSLVR wrote: post #50

If there's a portable version of this I can run on my work computer, I will! (stand-alone version, it's so fast!) The Windows built-in File Explorer is godawfully slow. Like, slower than I remember it being in the late 90's. Motivation-sappingly slow. But I think it's because my work computer has it's inescapable synchronisation to OneDrive, and so every folder and every file it has to scan for a thumbnail or whateve…

Also company computer: Built-in file explorer sometimes takes 3 seconds to display a thumbnail for a 10KB png I saved to a folder from my editor. I just don't get it. We also have OneDrive. Don't shoot the messenger alright but it really makes me want to punch the monitor.

People are gushing about a file explorer, what? Looks like there is a plan to force user's to pay for a subscription to there own local files. My $90 wallmart phone and hinky fdroid software is faster than than what is bieng described on current windopes editions. what happened? since my last windoze experience? linux on the laptop is ok, ancient laptop, cheap phone, that play nice with each other, random free sofware, does what it says on the label and more. Obviously my set up is not goung to work in a professional business environment, but then for professional users, hunting around for fixes to inadequate OS features, should be a thing of the past. tedious and somewhat embarassing that things are so horrible, now, still, again

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

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Post by Sweepi »

progbits wrote: post #74

Wow that TortoiseSVN in context menu is a blast from the past! Looks like it's still under active development. Is SVN still being used in some industries? I know it used to be big in gamedev but I would have expected everyone to have moved on by now.

TortoiseSVN (+Winmerge as diff tool) still is my go-to for non-programmers. If the person groks the windows explorer, TortoiseSVN just makes everything better and nothing worse. Log/History, Blame, Add, Update, ..: everything of importance is in the context menu. Also the trunk/stable model is more intuitive then "everybody has a branch and then there are merges, and merges of merges....".

Did show it to lawyer and he got it in an hour.

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