I'm totally and unconditionally a HUGE fan of Total
Commander for many years now. I started using it at
college, so I am actually using it for almost 10 years
now!
FAR is not "DOS based", it is Win32 console app
I Couldn't agree more. Total is THE Orthodox File
Manager for Windows. Very flexible and powerful
Hi.
I'm using FAR for a very long time. I've tried TC,
Servant Salamander,... but the FAR is the best for me.
Your comment about "DOS based tool..." is not fair - as
it is 32-bit console application with plugins. It's
speed can be hardly overtaken - and if you are keyboard
oriented - it's advantage.
And one question - will you ask "Why oh why use a dos
based tool these days?" about Emacs or VIM? :)
OK, I meant "DOS-like", not DOS Based. The fact that it
is purely text driven, is something I find odd.
Regardgin EMacs/VIM, I wouldn't comare that to this.
Those tools are far superios in amount of features to
the "GUI" based editors out there today in many ways.
FAR is comparable, and has even less features than most
of the File managers I present here. It's only
"advantage" is that it's text based. I'm not sure that's
enough to warrent using it instead of the others.
Roy.
I had to admit that I don't understand DOS-like - what
is it? Console app? Norton-commander like UI? Text
driven apps are not extraordinary (see Linux and its
Midnight Commander :) ).
Can, you, please, tell me the features which is missing
in FAR? I'm sure that there will not be any important
thing...
Total Commander totally rocks, man! I've been using it
for 9 years, it was Windows Commander back then and I
still call it WinCmd... And it is THE first piece of
software I install on a new PC!
I have been using TotalCommander for ever!
I started back in the late 80's with Norton Commander
and fell in love with Windows Commander the first time I
saw it.
I too install it first thing off as soon as I setup a
new machine and I even have a self-contained version on
a USB key for those times when I just need to use it on
someone else's machine.
Total Commander is the only file manager I use. Only
time I use Explorer is when I'm copying files to my HTC
TyTN Mobile phone.
How could you live without using the directory shortcuts
or the Lister application.
Have you tried the new Total Commander 7 beta? It has
some nice new features.
I use Total Commander just for the Uninstaller plugin.
It completely blows away the standard Windows dialog...
I also like the plethora of plugins. If it just wasn't
so UGLY and had a little more polish and
macro-ability...
Directory Opus is KING for me. If Directory Opus could
run Total Commander plugins it would be all over :)
It does most of what I like about TC but manages to stay
beautiful instead of ugly. And it has a very convenient
way to add your own buttons to script out your own macro
type actions.
Far is the best.
Many plugins, and very very quickly works.
You right, it' look like 'old dos' app, but IMHO very
usefull app
Directory Opus is indeed amazing. It's one of the best
pieces of windows software I've ever used, period. I'm
still finding cool features every day.
One of the best things about it is that it plays very
well with explorer-based version control software like
TortoiseSVN/CVS. No other file manager I've found will
display the status icons correctly.
I'm a keyboard junkie and Xplorer2 is my favorite.
Somehow this combination does not fit in your
description.