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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 firecall »

This is so great, and I've been sharing it with anyone I know that is on Windows or has to suffer Explorer in Windows 11!

Thank you for providing a column with Folder Sizes as well! This is so useful, and yet MS still don't provide this feature in Explorer.

I have a question about "Empty Recycle Bin":

Is it possible to provide access to Emptying the Recycle Bin that doesn't require right clicking on the desktop icon?

It sounds trivial, but this would be a killer feature for me and a couple of other people I know!

It's so handy in Mac OS to be able to right click on the Trash Icon in the Dock!

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

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Post by vjekoslav »

firecall wrote: post #221

This is so great, and I've been sharing it with anyone I know that is on Windows or has to suffer Explorer in Windows 11! Thank you for providing a column with Folder Sizes as well! This is so useful, and yet MS still don't provide this feature in Explorer. I have a question about "Empty Recycle Bin": Is it possible to provide access to Emptying the Recycle Bin that doesn't require right clicking on the desktop icon?…

Yes, there's a command called "Empty Trash Items", which you can assign to any hotkey or access via the command palette. You can also right click on the trash in the left sidebar.

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

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Post by dryanau »

I've been using this for a few days now, and while I love the speed, I have experienced a couple of glitches with the file list e.g. duplicate files/folders shown, files missing, especially after doing a bunch of move/copy operations. I would have expected hitting F5 to refresh the view but I had to close the application and open again (blazingly fast) to get a fresh view of the folder's contents. It happened in side-by-side view, if relevant. Presumably some bug in the caching mechanism, at the very least I would force F5/refresh to do a fresh query of the current folders' contents and display correctly.

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

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Post by dharmab »

nanna wrote: post #166
mexicocitinluez wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I showed this to a bunch of friends none of whom use emacs and they're _really_ excited about it. Most of them aren't programmers.

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

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Post by L0th4r »

vjekoslav wrote: post #111
L0th4r wrote: post #3

Looks great. I ran a test browsing a folder of pdfs but it does not look like File Pilot likes previwing pdfs with Acrobat set as default pdf viewer; no preview/thumbnail shown for pdfs.

PDF previews are not supported yet, but they are planned.

Awesome! Look forward to testing it more when pdf previews are added.

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

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Post by knackundback »

CharlesW wrote: post #16
willaaam wrote: post #11

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

There are a few good Finder alternatives for macOS, including Path Finder, ForkLift, Commander One, and Double Commander (FOSS).

also, https://marta.sh/

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

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Post by zerr »

mherrmann wrote: post #154
zerr wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good to know, thanks for the insight. I was playing with the idea of creating a similar app, with more features and faster (in C++). I guess there is no much demand for modern NC clones, orthodox file managers. Btw, are the sales still going on?

I put it down to desktop utility apps being a very tough market because 1. they are time-consuming to develop and 2. people hate paying for desktop software. You already have several comments in this very thread from people complaining about the price: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43102477 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43099230 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43097749 Ah and yes, I'm still g…

Did you experiment with different pricing? I wonder if slashing the price significantly would boost sales so much that it becomes viable a product.

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

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Post by IYasha »

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…

I still use and can recommend Sequoia (or SequoiaView?) program from early 2000s to map all directories by size. VERY useful to know what to clean.

As for exlorer... The only drawback to your request is, obviously, the need for recursive FS scan, which is expensive. That is why it is not in-built in default file explorer functionality. But XnView, for example, optionally shows brief content of directories (e.g. 4 mini-thumbs over a directory icon).

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