Amiga2000
05-15-2008, 10:01 PM
i am still looking for a file manager that fits my needs.
often i have to move around thousands of files which i guess, would make me a "power user" of whatever file manager i use. right now i have tried all the major players, but they all seem to lack something that would be important to me.
forklift looks great, though i am missing a list view with expandable sub folders like in the original finder. disk order offers this BUT does not remember which folders were left open in the tree when closing the tree at a higher hierarchy or restarting the program. since disk order proved to be unstable on my system i had to abandon it. path finder does not have dual pane, so this was also no option (i have no idea, how people can work with a single pane file manger, with no "source"-"destination" side by side...).
also important to me would be an advanced copy dialog. if errors occur, the process should not automatically be stopped like it does in finder (and you never get to know where it stopped and what is missing) but the option to have erroneous files skipped and then displayed in a log. those file should be listed in a way that i can review them right there and delete or otherwise modify them. if permission issues occur, it should give immediately the option to change the permission setting in question.
the point is that i need to know what is going on when copying thousands of files, and we all know that things in the system are often not as smooth working as we would wish.
if i could dream a little bit then i would love to see something like superduper merged with a file manager like forklift.
anyway, i just wanted to share some insight in what i would love to see in a file manager. certainly not lots of bells and whistles, but usability and attention to details in the core features. basically a traditional finder window with all it's native functions as a dual pane with tabs and improved copy dialog would make my work so much easier already. until then it is happy finder window clutter!
but in whatever direction you are heading with forklift heads up and keep up the good work!
often i have to move around thousands of files which i guess, would make me a "power user" of whatever file manager i use. right now i have tried all the major players, but they all seem to lack something that would be important to me.
forklift looks great, though i am missing a list view with expandable sub folders like in the original finder. disk order offers this BUT does not remember which folders were left open in the tree when closing the tree at a higher hierarchy or restarting the program. since disk order proved to be unstable on my system i had to abandon it. path finder does not have dual pane, so this was also no option (i have no idea, how people can work with a single pane file manger, with no "source"-"destination" side by side...).
also important to me would be an advanced copy dialog. if errors occur, the process should not automatically be stopped like it does in finder (and you never get to know where it stopped and what is missing) but the option to have erroneous files skipped and then displayed in a log. those file should be listed in a way that i can review them right there and delete or otherwise modify them. if permission issues occur, it should give immediately the option to change the permission setting in question.
the point is that i need to know what is going on when copying thousands of files, and we all know that things in the system are often not as smooth working as we would wish.
if i could dream a little bit then i would love to see something like superduper merged with a file manager like forklift.
anyway, i just wanted to share some insight in what i would love to see in a file manager. certainly not lots of bells and whistles, but usability and attention to details in the core features. basically a traditional finder window with all it's native functions as a dual pane with tabs and improved copy dialog would make my work so much easier already. until then it is happy finder window clutter!
but in whatever direction you are heading with forklift heads up and keep up the good work!