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> Norton Commander, anyone? to this day there is no comparable tool What’s the problem with Midnight Commander and/or the 23 other programs at https://en.wikip
by boogies 6y ago
> Norton Commander, anyone? to this day there is no comparable tool
What’s the problem with Midnight Commander and/or the 23 other programs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander#Norton_Commander-inspired_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander#Norton_Comman... ?
- oblio 6y agoMidnight Commander is not covered by the "nostalgia clause" :-)
- jwr 6y agoMidnight Commander is nowhere near where Norton Commander was in terms of usability. Some of that is because of platform restrictions (terminal and keyboard access limitations) and some because of a difference in philosophy. Norton Commander was simple, but it got the simple things right.
- boogies 6y agoI don’t understand what you’re talking about — my terminal accesses as much from my keyboard as I’ve ever wanted it to, and everything I can imagine it wanting to short of flashing my (Num|Caps|Scroll) lock lights or something (and other terminals support more features than I even use, eg. image previews in ranger et. al.) Could you give an even more specific and concrete example?
- HeadsUpHigh 6y agoWhat exactly was so useable about norton commander? I tried a split fm and I just found it cumbersome.
- BeetleB 6y agoWhile I don't like Midnight Commander's keybindings, do note that it can do quite a bit that Norton couldn't (e.g. ssh - incredibly handy). If you want a closer clone to Norton Commander, try FAR Manager: https://www.farmanager.com/ https://www.farmanager.com/ (Windows only)
- forgotmypw17 6y agoWhen I still used Windows as my primary desktop, I found Total Commander to be very usable.