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For many years, DO was my only explorer. It was perfect in every way. Then XYplorer [1] offered a pro license freebee (looks like back in 2019 [2]) and I gave
by c_prompt 4y ago
For many years, DO was my only explorer. It was perfect in every way.
Then XYplorer [1] offered a pro license freebee (looks like back in 2019 [2]) and I gave it a try. I'm still using that same version (15.90) from so many years ago. Never looked back.
[1] https://www.xyplorer.com/ https://www.xyplorer.com/
[2] https://www.xyplorer.com/freezer.php https://www.xyplorer.com/freezer.php
- fraXis 4y agoI love XYplorer! And to this day it's still written in VB6. :-) https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=VB6 https://www.xyplorer.com/faq-topic.php?id=VB6
- LunarAurora 4y agoI'm also more familiar with the excellent XYplorer. I could not find any in depth comparison with Directory Opus. These two have accumulated so much features over the years, it became a kind of expertise to know them in detail. The chance of a dual-expert willing to clearly expand on his experience is small. I wish more tech journalism was on this level. Instead, the verge had (at least) 4 articles in 2022 on windows explorer getting... tabs.
- Semaphor 4y agoDisclaimer: Last I checked was over 10 years ago, so it’s very possible this information is wrong by now. It doesn’t support dual tree + dual pane (so two explorer trees location synced to their respective pane), by far my favorite DO view. Locked folders allowing changes. I have some frequently used folders as tabs, and set them to "locked, allow changes", which makes it, so they behave like normal tabs, but once I switch tabs, they revert to their base directory again.