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Total Commander isn't updated for a long time now and still one of the most useful windows file manager out there. With ST we see slow but constant development

Total Commander isn't updated for a long time now and still one of the most useful windows file manager out there. With ST we see slow but constant development, personally I don't care if the author is not a Twitter addict.

tmottabr 10y ago
Total Commander released version 9 last dec, the first beta for version 9 was available a few months before in june. The previous version before that was 8.52 that was released in Sep 2015, so less them a year between the last two released. This hardly count as not updated for a long time.
- kowdermeister 10y ago
  Oh, my bad. I never noticed it was updated for a long time. Probably the lack of online checks.
  - tmottabr 10y ago
    Just saw that version 9 have automatic online check, its default is disabled, but when you check for updates the first time (in the help menu) it will offer to do it automatically.
ivanche 10y ago
4 months is a "long time" nowadays?
- enraged_camel 10y ago
  In this day and age, I think 4 months is pretty long, yeah. But that's just my personal opinion. I think Chrome and Firefox has the right idea, with updates every 6 weeks.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >In this day and age, I think 4 months is pretty long, yeah. Most commercial desktop software, and even web services like Gmail, go on for years on end without an update. Browsers are always adding crap (like Firefox's nth cosmetic update), they should be stabler too. Once every 6 months or so at worst.
    - oblio 10y ago
      Are you sure Gmail isn't updated often? I feel that they do update it regularly but they don't feel the need to advertise anymore.
    - enraged_camel 10y ago
      >>Most commercial desktop software, and even web services like Gmail, go on for years on end without an update. Yes, and I'm saying that's too long. I don't like waiting months or years for fixes or new features. I also stated that this is my personal opinion. Not sure why people are downvoting.
      - deleted 10y ago
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      - doubleunplussed 10y ago
        I'm finding it hard to see where people are coming from with this complaint, though you're in good company so I assume there's something to it. But what features? What bugs? Sublime seems to have a well-defined aim and to be resistant to feature creep. It's doing a good job of meeting that aim, so I'm happy with it only changing as needed to keep up with like, high DPI monitor support or other things that would actually make it unusable.
    - swift 10y ago
      One reason for the 6 week update cadence that Firefox uses was to increase stability by reducing the pressure to include a feature in a release even if it's half baked. If not shipping at release time meant that the feature would be delayed for six months or a year while competing browsers pull ahead, there's a lot of pressure to just go ahead and release, even with known issues. The approach, in my mind, has had mixed success, but has been a net positive overall. The biggest weakness is that it can be hard to maintain large architectural changes on a branch, which means there's still pressure to ship them in some form. (Though ideally with a configuration option to disable them by default.) Most things aren't like that, though, and for changes with a more controlled scope the six week cadence works very well.

tmottabr 10y ago

Total Commander released version 9 last dec, the first beta for version 9 was available a few months before in june. The previous version before that was 8.52 that was released in Sep 2015, so less them a year between the last two released. This hardly count as not updated for a long time.

kowdermeister 10y ago
Oh, my bad. I never noticed it was updated for a long time. Probably the lack of online checks.
- tmottabr 10y ago
  Just saw that version 9 have automatic online check, its default is disabled, but when you check for updates the first time (in the help menu) it will offer to do it automatically.

ivanche 10y ago

4 months is a "long time" nowadays?

enraged_camel 10y ago
In this day and age, I think 4 months is pretty long, yeah. But that's just my personal opinion. I think Chrome and Firefox has the right idea, with updates every 6 weeks.
- coldtea 10y ago
  >In this day and age, I think 4 months is pretty long, yeah. Most commercial desktop software, and even web services like Gmail, go on for years on end without an update. Browsers are always adding crap (like Firefox's nth cosmetic update), they should be stabler too. Once every 6 months or so at worst.
  - oblio 10y ago
    Are you sure Gmail isn't updated often? I feel that they do update it regularly but they don't feel the need to advertise anymore.
  - enraged_camel 10y ago
    >>Most commercial desktop software, and even web services like Gmail, go on for years on end without an update. Yes, and I'm saying that's too long. I don't like waiting months or years for fixes or new features. I also stated that this is my personal opinion. Not sure why people are downvoting.
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    - doubleunplussed 10y ago
      I'm finding it hard to see where people are coming from with this complaint, though you're in good company so I assume there's something to it. But what features? What bugs? Sublime seems to have a well-defined aim and to be resistant to feature creep. It's doing a good job of meeting that aim, so I'm happy with it only changing as needed to keep up with like, high DPI monitor support or other things that would actually make it unusable.
  - swift 10y ago
    One reason for the 6 week update cadence that Firefox uses was to increase stability by reducing the pressure to include a feature in a release even if it's half baked. If not shipping at release time meant that the feature would be delayed for six months or a year while competing browsers pull ahead, there's a lot of pressure to just go ahead and release, even with known issues. The approach, in my mind, has had mixed success, but has been a net positive overall. The biggest weakness is that it can be hard to maintain large architectural changes on a branch, which means there's still pressure to ship them in some form. (Though ideally with a configuration option to disable them by default.) Most things aren't like that, though, and for changes with a more controlled scope the six week cadence works very well.