Why Directory Opus 10 is the king of file browsers(nerdbusiness.com)
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Why Directory Opus 10 is the king of file browsers
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I havent tried Directory Opus since version 6 as I found it too slow with the extra bells and whistles, maybe time to try it I guess.
I can however vouch for xplorer^2, both feature and speed-wise which is my default file explorer in windows.
I can however vouch for xplorer^2, both feature and speed-wise which is my default file explorer in windows.
Your review feels a bit like an affiliate sales letter. In case this is an affiliate product, you should disclose that.
On a substantive level, I think all file managers should have tagging, smartly filtered collections (a la itunes "smart folders", but more powerful), and built-in full-text search. On top of that, a rules engine for copying/moving around files (e.g. move all downloaded pdf's older than 15 days to the trash). Ideally, this stuff would be higher level than the file-system, thus allowing cross-platform use of this system.
On a substantive level, I think all file managers should have tagging, smartly filtered collections (a la itunes "smart folders", but more powerful), and built-in full-text search. On top of that, a rules engine for copying/moving around files (e.g. move all downloaded pdf's older than 15 days to the trash). Ideally, this stuff would be higher level than the file-system, thus allowing cross-platform use of this system.
That's actually my writing style, its no affiliate letter.
Some of the features you're looking for are rather dynamic - so might be beyond the scope of a file browser. That kind of thing might take it into the realm more of a passive service. Though, in another 20+ years I can certainly see DOpus accommodating that.
Some of the features you're looking for are rather dynamic - so might be beyond the scope of a file browser. That kind of thing might take it into the realm more of a passive service. Though, in another 20+ years I can certainly see DOpus accommodating that.
As someone who currently has 8 explorer windows open and is often frustrated with how unwieldy it is to work with, I have to say I'm impressed and tempted to purchase this thing. I was just to the point of starting to set up Cygwin with a bunch of alias and symlink entries to streamline my file operations. Now I'm torn between continuing that path and buying this thing. I think the dual panes and the tabs would solve many of the problems I currently have with explorer.
I always find myself put off articles that use "M$" to refer to Microsoft.
88 bucks for a file browser still sounds extremely exorbitant though. Explorer++ is free and does at least whatever it is supposed to do decently..
"programmed in low level c++" no less!
Well, C++ is not the 'lowest level' but the point is that this thing is architected masterfully. It was originally written for Amiga.
Nautilus is pretty customizable with hotkeys, ways to interact with not only Git but other VCS-es through plugins or otherwise. I appreciate you introducing Directory Opus though, I'll definitely take it for a spin on my Windows boxes.