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- bcasper1, on 10/11/2007, -7/+61@ isuldor
people like you always say that, except you don't back up what you say and you ignore the fact that the average windows user doesn't know what the ***** you are talking about. I consider myself proficient in using MS but in all honesty i wouldn't know where to begin using Linux. Some people just don't spend as much time on computers as others do. Most people use a computer and have no clue how or why it works. So to say "oh don't complain, use Linux" it means nothing to 95% of computer users. All i know is that its another operating system, why don't i learn more? i don't see the need to, my ms works well and i know how to upkeep my computer. Unless you can provide me with actual resources to help me learn how to use it don't tell people to shove off, it helps no one. - Skrilla360, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29Windows Explorer may suck, but Finder is way worse. Its one of OS X's worst features, Pathfinder ftw!
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -5/+31My favorite explorer replacement has the following features:
Very very very good integration with the indexer, Virtual Search Folders, Superior filtering and grouping support, breadcrumb navigation, seperation from IE, and let's face it: it has to look really good, and fit in with the UI of the whole OS flawlessly.
Oh wait. That describes Vista's Explorer perfectly. Imagine that..... - kuroaisu, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23Seriously? That's kinda neat. Having a cross platform file browser/manager could make switching back and forth so much less painful.
- tweak50, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18Thats possibly the most disgusting thing I've heard all night.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17Eww?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+19Pffft.. None of these. Directory Opus FTW.
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17I've tinkered with my computer before, but at this point, I just want something that works and won't crash. Right now, XP is doing it for me so I don't have any reason to spend days learning how linux works and getting it set up, not to mention buying a second hard drive so that I can keep my XP with all of the programs that don't work on linux.
- schestowitz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+17KDE 4 might be coming to Windows as well. To be released later this year.
- ebob9, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15Forgotten 6th option: Microsoft BoB.
Several times in college, I secretly installed Microsoft BoB on people's Windows 95 boxes. Then, I'd change the Win.ini Shell=explorer.exe to point to Bob's exe. - emorphien, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14I have to agree. The more I use Vista's explorer, the more I like it. Certainly better than previous versions in Windows and way better than Finder for sure.
- TheG2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Vista's is very nice...I don't see the issue anymore.
- mastercheif, on 10/11/2007, -3/+13I consider Finder on the same if not lower level than explorer. And they both suck.
- chris4404, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Total Commander anyone?
- Hiker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Eh! No mention of DOpus! Beats all of these other replacements combined hands down.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10"I fail to see the point you are making. All it sounds like is a shameless plug for Vista..."
The _point_ is that Vista's explorer is a very easy to user, powerful, good looking, and intuitive shell. Shameless plug or not, it's the truth. - randomvictim, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Blackbox, bb4win, the best one isn't even on the list.
- superpixel, on 10/11/2007, -11/+17Very true. Windows Explorer wows the Mac crowd, however :)
But yeah, any number of power tools out there put it to shame. - keef06, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Why would I have developed a serious hate for Windows Explorer?
It's simple, has great drag n' drop functions, doesn't crash and has all the features I need. - wolferz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6@phoenixavatar2
You don't actually need multiple hard drives for multiple operating systems. You do however have to section off the the OS' from each other using what are called partitions if you don't use multiple hard drives. If your not interested in the learning involved in Linux then partitioning might be a head ache too unfortunately :/.
None-the-less I thought I would chime in with that tid-bit, in case it ever becomes useful for you.
@isuldor
I'm using vista right now and I can honestly say it is not ready. This is no fault of Microsoft mind you. Vista is perfectly stable and use-able with a few minor problems here and there. All the real problems I have had so far have been incompatibilities with programs that aren't fully supporting vista yet, and truth be told there are more that don't than there are that do.
Linux however is even less ready than Vista. Still not really the kernel dev's or the various distro's faults but there is a lot of work that needs doing on compatibility and usability. The problem is that the Linux community has fooled itself into believing theres no reason left not to move to Linux instead of staying with Windows when the truth is something completely different. I cleared away room on this computer to install Ubuntu because I'm told it is the most usable and compatible distro yet and would like to see for myself. I hope to be impressed. I expect to be disappointed with it just like I have been with every such distro thus far. The Linux community needs to get out of its state of denial and start working on the problems that are preventing mainstream success before Microsoft figures out how to stomp the open source world back into submission. - Ravisher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Just installed Directory Opus, and that gives you the option to replace Windows+e.
- 0x0000ff, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4You should have ditched ACDSee years ago :p
Check out IrfanView. www.irfanview.com
free, tiny footprint, with the plugins it'll open anything from Adobe Illustrator to Nikon RAW, and has great resize/resample + cropping functions - Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Actually, Windows Explorer is one of its least objectionable components. And why does the article state there is no image preview? Inaccurate.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4@mygrayarea
Totalcopy is what you want, it has speed control and pause/resume. I prefer the NetHorror version but make up your own mind.
http://ranvik.net/totalcopy/ - teaBagger, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4There can be only one:
Total Commander (Windows Commander)
http://www.ghisler.com
Have been using it for many many years - jasonwea, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6No mention of Directory Opus? I went on a hunt about 6 months ago for a decent Explorer replacement (as it's what's causes me most pain when I must use Windows) and after trialling many products I was blown away by Directory Opus. SFTP, WebDAV, twin file view, zip file browsing, good thumbnailing, etc. The list of good points is quite long.
The only downside I've found is AUD $85 cost. And it's saved me much Explorer pain. Well worth the cost. - jpsander, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5@grayarea:
I've found Supercopier to be a decent replacement for windows explorer file copy/move dialog. Supports pause, queue, and more.
http://supercopier.sfxteam.org/modules/mydownloads/ - Jugalator, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4"Pffft.. None of these. Directory Opus FTW."
I wish it emulated NC shortcuts better though, because I really do like that old Amiga software spawn. :-) I recall it was on some sort of feature request so I'll see about that. So for me it's more about Total Commander right now.
Edit: Wow, neither DOpus nor Total Commander, two among the most popular "replacements" there is, were listed! WTF. They have several basically a decade of usage behind them. Not Servant Salamander either btw. - Archon810, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5How Total cmd wasn't mentioned is beyond me. Hands down, the best replacement for the ***** that Explorer is.
- bowe, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Vista's new explorer is almost reason enough to upgrade. It's really really good. Breadcrumb navigation is great. You can store your favorite locations (new windows feature but stolen), it keeps track of your most reason locations, it's easy and quick to switch views, search is fast, looks good, what's not to like?
- mygrayarea, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4anyone got a good replacement for the windows file copy/move dialog?
- qixv, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Couldn't agree more. Total Commander is just better. If you're working seriously with files, you don't wanna skip on the side-by-side view, and Total Commander has that + all those features that makes it the only tool you need.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Windows key + E is probably handled by explorer.exe itself....A registry tweak wouldn't do it. You'd need to have an extra program running to stop explorer from hooking it.
- Spr0k3t, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Directory Opus for a complete explorer replacement... very intuitive and extremely customizable.
- TechCF, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3DOPUS! - Directory Opus - DOPUS!
Just had to buy the Windows version after trying it on the Amiga! - zdiggler, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Light weight and open damn near anything, resize fast the BEST image viewer ever created. It also so some quick resize/crop thing too.. good for quick ebay quick email attachment edits.
- Matt88, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I've been using freeCommander (http://www.freecommander.com/) and found it to be feature packed and best of all - it's free.
- Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Best option period is Total Commander (Formerly Windows Commander)
http://www.ghisler.com - Jugalator, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It may not look pretty, but I agree with you, and have never worked more efficiently in TC than in another file manager, at least when I've learnt its shortcuts by heart. That's really where it's all at, and when e.g. Windows Explorer starts paling in comparison. I mean... Alt+F1, Alt+F2, Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Left/Right when on a directory, the F-keys, and so on.
When reviewers don't "get" the importance of a dual pane view for efficient file managing, that's a warning sign IMO. ;-) It's about *so* much more than just listing two columns of files. :-p - MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It really is.
The only thing I don't like about Vista's shell is that the copy window's "Calculating Time Remaining" for file transfers can take too long.
Still, given the plethora of shiny new useful features, it's not _that_ big of a drawback. - V3X3D, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3How could they have failed to mention Total Commander ? I've used it this file manager since 2000 and still cant get enough of it. Its cheap, very well build and functional. Run multiple instances and even view linux partitions(with plugin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Commander
http://www.ghisler.com/update.htm ( free updates for life ) - inactive, on 10/18/2007, -0/+2@govertime
First way that comes to mind is to a simple search in the My Music folder for *.mp3 then when it is finished select all and copy/paste them into the new location.
Untested but should work. - senhordosaneis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Total Commander FTW.
- abid786, on 10/11/2007, -5/+7@bcasper
I understand where you come from (I was in the same situation as you are in a couple months ago), but the Ubuntu community help forums are the best thing about that OS. They will answer any question you have! - tb0n3r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@superal1394
You can turn on the option to display available disk space in Windows Exploder. Just click View -> Status Bar. - deviationer, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Altap Salamander 2.5
http://www.altap.cz/ - Beerduck, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Serious hate because of...? I've been happily using Windows Explorer since 1998 and I I still have nothing to complain about. It does everything I need it to do and keeps it simple. Granted it doesn't have all the fancy features of those replacements but that's where software like IrfanView comes in. I'd rather let 10 programs each do the jobs they were meant to do good than 1 program do 10 things sloppy. Just my 2c.
- wolferz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I used to do the shell= trick to my friends who were always trying to claim I didn't know anything about computers. I just set the shell to open telnet. Most of them thought it the was the command prompt and couldn't figure out why normal commands didn't work. I made sure to show them what I did and how to fix it using a dos boot disk before they did anything so drastic as a windows reinstall.
It had the effect of making sure they never questioned me on where to find obscure settings and what they did. That and they never let me on their computers without supervision >:-).
Later when I started doing computer repair professionally i would set it to progman.exe (the old windows 3.1 interface) to make repairing corrupted explorer instances easier. - DonPMitchell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I have IrfanView and FastStone, but they just didn't do the right things. I need good resampling filters, like Lanczos Sinc, and many programs (even Photoshop!) don't provide that. I also thought IrfanView and Faststone had awkward interfaces and confusing redo/undo symantics. Bottom line, they didn't support my workflow.
ACDSee does the right things, it just does them badly. It's filters have phase errors that show up sometimes, it darkens B/W jpeg images for god-knows-what reason, etc, etc, etc. Good UI design, bad programming.
And of course you must use early versions of ACDSee becuase it turned into a huge piece of unstable bloatware after 3.0.
No, none of the alternatives are very good either. It's frustrating. - Jugalator, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Good file manager replacements have better folder synchronization support, and for example compare by file contents. They also have filtering that are usually more advanced than in Vista, integrated archive support beyond zip, etc. So they really do earn their spots as replacements, although Vista has caught up a bit in the base features. But I agree that the *listed* "replacements" were all kind of yucky.
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