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I would love it if modern apps were this configurable, catering to wide flexibility and putting the user in control, rather than focusing nearly exclusively on
by bityard 4y ago
I would love it if modern apps were this configurable, catering to wide flexibility and putting the user in control, rather than focusing nearly exclusively on the developer's personal design aesthetic du jour.
Closest thing we have in the Linux world right now is KDE but even there I still come across things I wish were more configurable. Much of the time, I find someone else has made the same request but the devs turn it down with, "nah, that will just confuse new users."
- Sakos 4y agoDirectory Opus is probably the main reason why Windows remains my primary platform. There's just nothing out there that compares, particularly not on Linux.
- heywoodlh 4y ago> Directory Opus is probably the main reason why Windows remains my primary platform. I'd love to hear your reasons for why Directory Opus is so good. I'm a Linux/MacOS/Windows (mostly Linux) user who lives exclusively in the command line for all my file management.
- Semaphor 4y agoI find it far more comfortable. Dual explorer dual pane is the most efficient way to handle files, for me.
- heywoodlh 4y agoBut for what (I'm sincerely asking, no sarcasm)? Do you have to do file management/organization a lot? Or is it more just a tool you pop open when you actually have to manage files?
- Semaphor 4y agoMostly just every day stuff. But when something special does come up, something like the virtual collection feature of the search comes in handy.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoAll of the pre GTK+/Qt X11 apps are highly configurable via X resources. The new kids came along and ruined what was a consistent system for managing settings.