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I wonder the same (I've been using 2-panel FMs since late 80s). My guess is that younger devs got more familiar with the command line and some are not even awar
by dvfjsdhgfv 4y ago
I wonder the same (I've been using 2-panel FMs since late 80s). My guess is that younger devs got more familiar with the command line and some are not even aware they could do file operations even faster and in a more efficient way. Non-devs just rarely use files anymore, everything is being done in a browser or on their mobile devices.
- mhd 4y agoSure, more powerful/common command line usage is one reason why the default file managers are sufficient. So in a way, Norton Commander lost while NDOS won. And of course I can't speak for "old" Mac users (I started in the 00s). Back in the Norton/DOpus days, I didn't know that many, so maybe they always were satisfied with the Finder?
- egypturnash 4y agoSiracusa’s rants about the old Spatial Finder aside, I have really found that the Column view satisfies most of my needs quite easily. Especially if you just open up two windows when you need to move files from one place to another. Tagging stuff and using saved searches for it is really nice too, Classic had tags but search was a lot slower. It’s really nice to decide which of my illustration commissions I want to work on today by opening a saved search for everything with the “commission” and “in progress” tags, sorted by last modification date, with big icons.
- FpUser 4y agoNot sure. I am ok with command line but can not imagine my life without 2 panel FM. TotalCmd on Windows and Double Commander on Linux desktop or Midnight Commander on text mode. In fact Midnight Commander is the first one I install on any fresh Linux.