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- schwit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29It is powerful, but it's also shot in the foot. Any app that doesn't adhere to basic windows keyboard commands is not worth the hassle. xplorer² has the same problem.
F3/ctrl-F are the windows standard for find/search. Making people have to learn a new keyboard layout isn't going to give a good first impression or make people want to continue using it. - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28Wow, front page SPAM.
- edenlover, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Linux and OSX has clones of this also, check out:
http://likemac.ru/english/ - Disk Order, OSX
http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ - Midnight commander, Linux, Console
http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/ - Gnome Commander, Linux, Gnome
http://xnc.dubna.su/ - XNC - For all unixes around
I'm addicted to the first version, Norton Commander since '95, and worse, I also addicted my friends too, some of them cannot live without it, like me.
Original dos executable was nc.exe. I used it so much at work, that a friend once created a nc.bat with something like "Get back to work!" and put it inside the DOS directory that was the first dir on the %PATH%... - automagnus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I've been using this since it was called windows commander.
I love this app!
digg - molgar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I've been using it for over 4 years, and I just can't live without it.
- jgclark123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I've never paid for WinRAR; it's called 7-Zip. http://www.7-zip.org/ It's free and open source, and it reads .rar archives, but doesn't make them. If you need to make .rar archives for some reason... don't. WinRAR can open .7z archives.
- thecwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Honest question: What's the advantage of using this over a system where the file associations are set up properly? It looks sort of complex to use and doesn't seem to provide any visible advantage... but i've never used it.
- Jeph, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Spam Don't digg it just trying to get you to buy a $34 program
- solidcube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Maya's real powerful, but if you like the Windows navigator the way it is, there's something wrong with you. I've been looking for better navigator replacements for years. I use Gentoo (the filemanager, not the OS) but I'll give this a try.
- priapos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Directory Opus blows this application out of the water.
- djdole, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Thus fsmirtz demonstrates an inherent problem with Digg.
(And how digg can get crap articles on it's front page.)
Idiot digg-lemmings that automatically digg submissions based not on its actual content, but what they ASSUME the title means or could mean. (It's a problem also compounded by idiots who blindly digg submissions just because other people have dugg them.)
Read the article/try the software, think for yourself, then read other people's opinions and consider them.
THEN decide if the submission is worth your Digg. - pretentious, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8I prefer xplorer²:
http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm
The lite version is free, without the annoying "I agree to pay for this whatever".
Try it, it is great, I couldn't stand to do a lot of what I do at my work with just Windows Explorer. - chris4404, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Great program and would be perfect if it had standard keyboard commands.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Wow what idiots were dumb enough to dig an advertisement for non-oss, commercial software. Not only an advertisement but a blogvert going to the submitter's blog.
Digg is becoming a hyrbid of download.com mixed with myspace for the influence your friends have on getting front paged. - doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I've already paid for Powerdesk, I recon I'll stick with that. Been using it for a long time (and PathMinder before that).
- toastgodsupreme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You know why I love having 20 different separate programs that do 20 different things? Because if one of them fails, I can still use the others.
The biggest weakness of all-in-one programs is that if a component fails, it usually takes the rest of the components with it. - eilorux, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This is more or less what Norton Commander was in the late 80's / early 90's when DOS was king of the hill. The keyboard commands and layout of the screen more or less mimic the functionality of NC. It was the best file / hard drive management tool around for A LONG time (and fair competitor to X-TREE) until Windows took over. NC for windows kinda flopped, but carried on in Europe for at least two more product cycles. Even the folks at RARSOFT (winRAR) have an on going product (FAR Manager) that looks and feels MOST like NC was... if you want to see some of the old days in a windows window.
- ionut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I have used this application for almost two years and it's great.
- edenlover, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6One reason: windows explorer sucks.
And TC launches files based on your file associations too. The better advantages over normal file managers are:
- '2' file panels so you can move/copy things pretty easily (this file panel can be anything: a folder, a FTP site, a file share, a ZIP/RAR/TAR/TGZ/etc archive, a PC-to-PC P2P connection, an ISO file, a website, etc...
- Keyboard navigation. You don't need to use a mouse at all. For those who hates the mouse like me (it even makes my tendinitis better...lol this sounds like a TV ad...)
- Built-in compression and decompression
- Background downloader and mirror tool
- Management of FTP and network shares - the best FTP client I ever have used
- Create/check CRC checksums and encode/decode MIME, UUE files
- File sorting by extension, name, date, last modified in a keytouch
These are the features I use most. - Izzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3time for you to learn about something called WINE which enables linux to use windows apps through windows API support. please stop this linux bragging, it's time to grow up now.
- trogdor282, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I agree, this program has the worst user interface I've seen in a while. This guy should take a look at IrfanView. Small, powerful, __usable__.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Yeah, but you must be used to that by now.
- DigitalDud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You can do all those things with Windows Explorer shell extensions.
- appidydafoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Jack of all trades, master of none? ***** link, btw... :
- gengisPhat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How much memory does the this use? Explorer uses ~20 MBs. If this thing uses close to that I'll give it a try.
- Catalyst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i still use PROGMAN.EXE
- ptknight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I prefer the Total Commander - eXtended Pack, assembled by a russian team
- Raingwc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have to agree partially that this is a very neat program, about ten times as useful as windows explorer, but, its kinda hard to say it is THE most powerful windows program, one of the more useful ones, definately. Promotion to buy it? Its free. Like mIRC, anyone pay for it? or winRAR? Just a small click to use both of them for free..That is, if you don't haxxor them :p
- webcrumb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That would be why the story title is "The Most Powerful Windows Application." Windows. WINDOWS.
A Windows application that's not for Linux? WOW. Just use bash, it's quicker. - Raingwc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Mine is using about 8.3mb memory atm.
- SuperCheese, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5As does nautilus. People who are used to using decent systems aren't too impressed by this software.
- RichCoder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Good app or not, this is a spam post.
- LiquidPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I concur, namely because Konq is free whereas this requires a $34 fee. I also find it interesting that they have a developers section for people to create plug-ins. From what I can tell, these developers aren't getting a cut of the $34 fee. They're working hard, and for free, so those on top can get all the money. Huh, no thanks.
To be fair though, Konqueror is for Linux and this is for Windows. Windows users don't seem to have a lot of flexibility with their programs, just a lot of choices. Whereas, Linux users, have a lot of flexibility. It's nice not having to write your own plug-ins for different apps, but it's equally as nice not having to pay any money when you're flat broke. Each side as their advantages. - XenonofArcticus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Agreed. Opus is king.
- Izzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1somehow I mixed myself up in my copy/paste.
here is the official total commander site: http://www.ghisler.com/
I stand corrected. - Baddox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Directory Opus is not bad at all, doesn't do all the fluff that this one does, but it can replace Explorer altogether.
- nailPuppy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'll give it a shot when I get home. One of the better looking parts of it for me are the drive buttons at the top of the navigation window. When I'm moving files around in explorer I hate having to constantly scroll around or collapse folders to get to other drives.
- The_Decryptor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Since when did bloat = power?
I mean, why the hell is a RSS reader in a file browser? - thecwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ah I see, though with some modification I think explorer could rival this while still staying simple.
Explorer already does have built in decompression and compression, and it works *mostly* like it's just another folder (not quite - and it only works for zip), and as long as you're just using samba and ftp on a good network, you can copy files across pretty easily by tiling two windows or just having them side by side. File sorting is fine in explorer iirc, and it also supports sorting by ID3 tags and stuff.
Explorer with a few extensions (if they exist) might be able to do this though -- right click CRC/etc. and more archive type support... click-to-mount-and-open ISOs with daemon-tools, etc. Though I suppose that this program would be a lot easier to set up. Wonder if any such project exists for "fixing" explorer. I don't use explorer though, I use GNOME with nautilus and bash ;) - Schrade, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I also agree. Directory Opus is very awesome and since it started on the Commodore Amiga, it makes it even better :)
- heatpackrat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I also have been using this program for a long time... very easy to organize your files, quite simplistic layout.
- molgar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The standalone version doesn't include most of that, the rest is achieved via plugins.
First try it, then you can judge it. - aliguana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2been using that for a year or two, haven't touched Windows Explorer since. essential software.
- Izzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1official total commander (shareware) website: http://www.totalcmd.net/
the powerpack page on the same official site: http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/tcmdpp17.html
the official powerpack page (in polish) : http://totalcmd.pl/powerpack
*HINT* "Link Directly to the Source: Save people time by linking directly to the original news story." *HINT* - Attic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Been using this tool for over 5 years now. Couldn't go without it anymore... I carry a copy with me, on a USB stick, to use on any pc I use for more than 2 minutes!
It's really a digital swiss army knife! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I still use winfile.exe
- orb_nsc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Meh. The Derek Smart Desktop Commander does everything you'd ever want already.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1503217992928226365&q=desktop+commander - theOster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1am i missing something? is windows explorer really that difficult to work with?
between the windows+e key, rightclick drags, and richtclick "explore" options, i pretty mch can do everything i need pretty effortlessly.
i don't use ftp or p2p stuff when dealing with files, but everythign else is pretty easy. - Izzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You've got a point, but can you explain to the world how exactly that apoint applies to TC ?
cause TC has a long time reputation not to fail its users. - maruchan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Konqueror's dual pane feature is Ctrl+Shift+L for vertical split, I think. Maybe Ctrl+Shift+T or R was horizontal? Anyway, you can split it as many times as you want. You can also have a terminal window attached with a prompt that follows you from folder to folder, which is super convenient.
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