Comments on: FileBrowse 1.0 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lordmike http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8971 Lordmike Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:18:44 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8971 The program looks great, but hasn't a lot of this been done before in Windows XP and probably in Gnome or KDE? I didn't read the full article, the pictures said it all. I want this app. I was just curious about the fact that it looks a lot like windows xp windows explorer using thumbnails, which is not a bad thing if it has been improved. I also think Acdsee did something like this for windows many years ago, but that app got extremly bloated and unfriendly. The program looks great, but hasn’t a lot of this been done before in Windows XP and probably in Gnome or KDE?
I didn’t read the full article, the pictures said it all. I want this app.
I was just curious about the fact that it looks a lot like windows xp windows explorer using thumbnails, which is not a bad thing if it has been improved.
I also think Acdsee did something like this for windows many years ago, but that app got extremly bloated and unfriendly.

]]> By: Robert van Uitert http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8970 Robert van Uitert Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:58:47 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8970 Romain: Thanks a lot for your excellent review of my program. :-) I'll make it an option in a future version to turn off the dangling folder icons and to make the animation faster/shorter. Double-clicking will also become an option. The problem with it is that a preview is shown on the first click and the icon can move when the preview is shown, so the 2nd click may not hit the icon. I'll work around that problem though. About the price... I thought about what you get for an OS X upgrade. I remember at one point I had 10.2 and 10.3 on two different Macs, and the only real difference for me as a user was Exposé. And that cost $129... (10.4 was totally worth that amount of money, but 10.3?...) Anyway... FileBrowse 1.5 will have file management (moving, copying, renaming, creating folders and aliases, full drag-and-drop, etc.) and will be a free upgrade for registered users of 1.0.x. It should be available in less than 2 months. Matt: FileBrowse only communicates with servers when it has to create a thumbnail for a web page. Most notably for ".webloc" files, sometimes also for ".webarchive" and HTML files. The thumbnail is just like a page in a web browser then (using WebKit, like Safari), but smaller and non-interactive. Thanks for the kind words everyone. :-) Romain: Thanks a lot for your excellent review of my program. :-)

I’ll make it an option in a future version to turn off the dangling folder icons and to make the animation faster/shorter.

Double-clicking will also become an option. The problem with it is that a preview is shown on the first click and the icon can move when the preview is shown, so the 2nd click may not hit the icon. I’ll work around that problem though.

About the price… I thought about what you get for an OS X upgrade. I remember at one point I had 10.2 and 10.3 on two different Macs, and the only real difference for me as a user was Exposé. And that cost $129… (10.4 was totally worth that amount of money, but 10.3?…) Anyway… FileBrowse 1.5 will have file management (moving, copying, renaming, creating folders and aliases, full drag-and-drop, etc.) and will be a free upgrade for registered users of 1.0.x. It should be available in less than 2 months.

Matt: FileBrowse only communicates with servers when it has to create a thumbnail for a web page. Most notably for “.webloc” files, sometimes also for “.webarchive” and HTML files. The thumbnail is just like a page in a web browser then (using WebKit, like Safari), but smaller and non-interactive.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. :-)

]]> By: Romain Guy http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8969 Romain Guy Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:21:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8969 Indeed it is, thanks for the pointer! (It does not look very nice though ;-) Indeed it is, thanks for the pointer! (It does not look very nice though ;-)

]]> By: 1:31 am » Blog Archive » Filebrowse http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8968 1:31 am » Blog Archive » Filebrowse Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:24:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8968 [...] The appleblog has a nice run through of filebrowse a visual enhancement for the osx’s finder. Big icons and a different way of sorting information. [...] [...] The appleblog has a nice run through of filebrowse a visual enhancement for the osx’s finder. Big icons and a different way of sorting information. [...]

]]> By: Kris http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8967 Kris Sat, 07 Oct 2006 07:29:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8967 Isn´t this program like the total commander? http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/diskorder.html Isn´t this program like the total commander?
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/diskorder.html

]]> By: Romain Guy http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8966 Romain Guy Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:00:39 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8966 bv > FileBrowse is not meant to replace the Finder but rather supplement it. But yeah, I'd love to have something as powerful as say Total Commander (from Windows) on my Mac. itsanaddams > I could not agree more with you but I do buy quite a lot of software on Mac OS X, most of the time to show my support towards the developers. I actually hesitated quite a lot with FileBrowse but I just can't buy every single app I'd like to support on Mac OS X, otherwise I'd be broke very quickly ;-) bv > FileBrowse is not meant to replace the Finder but rather supplement it. But yeah, I’d love to have something as powerful as say Total Commander (from Windows) on my Mac.

itsanaddams > I could not agree more with you but I do buy quite a lot of software on Mac OS X, most of the time to show my support towards the developers. I actually hesitated quite a lot with FileBrowse but I just can’t buy every single app I’d like to support on Mac OS X, otherwise I’d be broke very quickly ;-)

]]> By: Matt http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8965 Matt Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:15:06 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8965 P.S. I think I may've been a little over-zealous in my last comment. I think it's probably just a "checking for updates" kind of thing. It's difficult to tell when the network traffic is happening via Activity Monitor. Apologies for being paranoid. :) P.S. I think I may’ve been a little over-zealous in my last comment. I think it’s probably just a “checking for updates” kind of thing. It’s difficult to tell when the network traffic is happening via Activity Monitor. Apologies for being paranoid. :)

]]> By: Matt http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8964 Matt Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:08:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8964 This seems like a wonderful program, but there's something about it that makes me a little suspicious... I happened to have Activity Monitor open while I was using it, and everytime I open a folder with it the 'Network Traffic' chart spikes. This would suggest it's communicating with some external server for something... If anyone could check up on this to find out why? It's a very nice, very intuitive program, that I'd like to buy, but in these days of spyware and malware, it always seems like you can never be too cautious. This seems like a wonderful program, but there’s something about it that makes me a little suspicious…

I happened to have Activity Monitor open while I was using it, and everytime I open a folder with it the ‘Network Traffic’ chart spikes. This would suggest it’s communicating with some external server for something… If anyone could check up on this to find out why?

It’s a very nice, very intuitive program, that I’d like to buy, but in these days of spyware and malware, it always seems like you can never be too cautious.

]]> By: Aashish http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8963 Aashish Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:36:44 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8963 haha...God of War. Excellent. haha…God of War. Excellent.

]]> By: bv http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8962 bv Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:04:29 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8962 nice app. i wish there was a true replacement to the finder. it's way behind. hopefully it will soon add some advanced features(?) nice app. i wish there was a true replacement to the finder. it’s way behind. hopefully it will soon add some advanced features(?)

]]> By: Nick http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8961 Nick Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:46:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8961 OSx needs to have a serious file manager, like Commander for Windows. OSx needs to have a serious file manager, like Commander for Windows.

]]> By: Greg http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8960 Greg Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:46:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8960 Yeah. Great app. Just wish you could move files to the trash easily from it. Man, I could get some organizing done then... Yeah. Great app. Just wish you could move files to the trash easily from it. Man, I could get some organizing done then…

]]> By: itsanaddams http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8959 itsanaddams Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:42:34 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2006/10/06/filebrowse-1/#comment-8959 I agree with your assessments of the useability aspects. I did buy the license though, because I want to encourage Mac developers who really capture the spirit of the platform's uniqueness. A small investment that can really payoff for me. (I bought Parallels long before it was truly useable.) I agree with your assessments of the useability aspects. I did buy the license though, because I want to encourage Mac developers who really capture the spirit of the platform’s uniqueness. A small investment that can really payoff for me. (I bought Parallels long before it was truly useable.)

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