This looks cool. But it seems to keep files separate from folders. Is it possible to sort by data modified with files and folders together?
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
#162This looks cool. But it seems to keep files separate from folders. Is it possible to sort by data modified with files and folders together?
Yes, the separation between folders and files is a toggleable option. You can sort by date modified. Also, you should try it yourself, it's in free beta. :)
Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface
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It was written from scratch with a custom OpenGL renderer (a DirectX port is in progress for Windows) and a custom IMGUI layer on top.
You mean all those complex UI stuff code is written in immediate GUI? How maintainable/readable is the resulting code?
Way more maintainable than anything from MS that I'd have to deal with.
Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface
#164I once devoted 2 years of my life to developing a file manager called fman [1]. In total, it generated probably 35,000$ in profits, so my income from the project is somewhere around 10 $/h. As software developers, our opportunity costs are high. I use my file manager to this day and love it. But I regret spending so much time on it. Congratulations on your launch. I wish you more success than I've had. Failing that,…
Hey, thanks! Yes, I know about Fman. I’ve tried pretty much all file explorers on Windows, a fair number on Linux, and fewer on macOS. I watched that video a couple of years ago, it had some nice insights. Thanks for sharing that. I've been talking about File Pilot since the early days of the project, so I managed to build a following on Twitter and Discord, along with a decent number of email subscribers. I'm hoping…
Hm, are you hinting that fman was not exceptional at its time? If yes, then I disagree.
Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface
#165From the screenshots (which are videos), it sure looks a lot like what you would get if you ported KDE's Dolphin to Windows.
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Dired, the file manager that comes in Emacs, is 'completely unrelated' to a file manager named File Pilot?
Yes. A file manager tied to Emacs is completely unrelated to a Windows-based file system app. You're trying to make your video relevant and it's not.
You do realise that Emacs runs in Windows?
Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface
#167From the screenshots (which are videos), it sure looks a lot like what you would get if you ported KDE's Dolphin to Windows.
It's likely not tested very well, but in principle you can build and run Dolphin on Windows.
Re: 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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Hey, thanks! Yes, I know about Fman. I’ve tried pretty much all file explorers on Windows, a fair number on Linux, and fewer on macOS. I watched that video a couple of years ago, it had some nice insights. Thanks for sharing that. I've been talking about File Pilot since the early days of the project, so I managed to build a following on Twitter and Discord, along with a decent number of email subscribers. I'm hoping…
Hm, are you hinting that fman was not exceptional at its time? If yes, then I disagree.
fman is still exceptional.
Re: File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern, robust interface
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That's FP waiting for Windows. When it takes longer, it's usually a third-party plugin initializing. I have some things to try to mitigate these issues, but unfortunately, this whole architecture is broken. MS should not have allowed extensions to take over.
Would you recommend any app to "troubleshoot" these delays? Maybe a tool that helps seeing which extensions take long to load?
ShellExView can be used to track down slow extensions (but it doesn't offer runtime performance numbers):