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Going to give it a try now, been missing something like this on OS X. Any good alternatives I should try as well?

by eerikkivistik 9y ago

mherrmann 9y ago
For a graphical alternative, you might be interested in (my) https://fman.io https://fman.io
- eerikkivistik 9y ago
  I remember Total Commander from Windows back in the day, similar feature set to that?
  - mherrmann 9y ago
    Yup
    - eerikkivistik 9y ago
      Downloaded it and using it now. Thanks!
      - apjana 9y ago
        Just awesome!
    - edanm 9y ago
      Awesome work! Total Commander is the one software that I've never found a good Mac replacement for, and it causes me no end of sadness. Your approach looks very promising, if still early days. Emailing you further specific feedback, hope you keep working on this and continue on your current path.
      - apjana 9y ago
        Thank you!
- wander_homer 9y ago
  I remember trying it a couple months ago, but unfortunately it still seems barely usable (at least to me). Performance is probably the worst of all file managers I have tried in the last couple of years, despite not having many features (e.g. no thumbnail support). Opening /usr/bin (~4000 items) results in more than 10 seconds of not being able to interact with the application, while other file managers manage to show results in something 1 or 2 seconds and being responsive while they populate the view.
  - mherrmann 9y ago
    You're right, sorry. It's a lot of work and I'm still catching up on basic features. Once they're there, I promise it'll be better.
- slrz 9y ago
  Fman is proprietary software with no source code available, right?
  - mherrmann 9y ago
    Yes. For more information please see https://fman.io/blog/why-fman-isnt-open-source/ https://fman.io/blog/why-fman-isnt-open-source/
    - slrz 9y ago
      Thanks, that's useful information. What do you think about making the source code available to paying customers under a non-Open-Source, no-redistribution license that still allows for studying and adjusting the code to meet integration needs or build for other platforms/library versions? Kinda like Gitlab does with the Enterprise variants.
krautsourced 9y ago
Forklift is nice as well
apjana 9y ago
OS X is well-supported. One of contributors is a OS X-only dev.

Going to give it a try now, been missing something like this on OS X. Any good alternatives I should try as well?

mherrmann 9y ago

For a graphical alternative, you might be interested in (my) https://fman.io https://fman.io

eerikkivistik 9y ago
I remember Total Commander from Windows back in the day, similar feature set to that?
- mherrmann 9y ago
  Yup
  - eerikkivistik 9y ago
    Downloaded it and using it now. Thanks!
    - apjana 9y ago
      Just awesome!
  - edanm 9y ago
    Awesome work! Total Commander is the one software that I've never found a good Mac replacement for, and it causes me no end of sadness. Your approach looks very promising, if still early days. Emailing you further specific feedback, hope you keep working on this and continue on your current path.
    - apjana 9y ago
      Thank you!
wander_homer 9y ago
I remember trying it a couple months ago, but unfortunately it still seems barely usable (at least to me). Performance is probably the worst of all file managers I have tried in the last couple of years, despite not having many features (e.g. no thumbnail support). Opening /usr/bin (~4000 items) results in more than 10 seconds of not being able to interact with the application, while other file managers manage to show results in something 1 or 2 seconds and being responsive while they populate the view.
- mherrmann 9y ago
  You're right, sorry. It's a lot of work and I'm still catching up on basic features. Once they're there, I promise it'll be better.
slrz 9y ago
Fman is proprietary software with no source code available, right?
- mherrmann 9y ago
  Yes. For more information please see https://fman.io/blog/why-fman-isnt-open-source/ https://fman.io/blog/why-fman-isnt-open-source/
  - slrz 9y ago
    Thanks, that's useful information. What do you think about making the source code available to paying customers under a non-Open-Source, no-redistribution license that still allows for studying and adjusting the code to meet integration needs or build for other platforms/library versions? Kinda like Gitlab does with the Enterprise variants.

krautsourced 9y ago

Forklift is nice as well

apjana 9y ago

OS X is well-supported. One of contributors is a OS X-only dev.