Comments on: What software are you looking for?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:38:15 +0000

Yeah http://www.rarst.net/software/freecommander/

It has some good aspects and is decent file manager in classic style, but there are plenty things that make it inferior to Total Commander – one of the very few paid only software titles I wrote post about http://www.rarst.net/software/total-commander/

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:14:31 +0000

tried freeCommander?

By: teejay

teejay — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:14:11 +0000

I am looking for Windows alternative of Mac software Yep (yepthat.com) I asked the developers but they are Mac guys and won’t develop version for Windows.
Benubird is a program that comes close to Yep but extremely buggy. In my opinion, Yep the THE program for all your document organization.

I am still waiting, somebody would make such program.

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:22:24 +0000

i need windows os archives like old os..
i want to use it..

By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:20:58 +0000

@WhACKO Ah, you mean something from media center type. Closest I used is XBMC when I was messing with UPnP server/player setup , but it is quite heavy. It is probably time for me to get this post in order and sum up results from first round. I am losing track of all requests and suggestions. :)

By: WhACKO

WhACKO — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:35:01 +0000

Basically I’m looking for a lightweight file browser that I can control using my remote, just to display the local file/folder structure using large font sizes.

HULU first came to mind, although I don’t use it myself, here’s an alternative but it’s still too bloated for my needs.

http://zeevee.com/zinc/simple-navigation

By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:16:39 +0000

@WhACKO

Hulu you mean that video site? It blocks me out by geography so no idea on that one.

Yeah, Total Commander is close to ultimate file manager but it doesn’t pass as freeware. It is ok to use it as endless trial (developer said that in interviews) but still.

Switcher looks interesting but I am still on XP. Hope it will fit Dan who is on Vista as I understood from comment context.

By: WhACKO

WhACKO — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:03:11 +0000

I’m looking for kind of a HULU browser, just some overlay of the folders and files which I can browse with larger font size, nothing else, the files can be launched using either windows of internal associations, and that’s it. I found one firefox based browser, but it was still with online video browsing, and that’s too much for what I’m looking for…

As for a two pane file browser, I can’t live without Total Commander http://www.ghisler.com (sadly it’s not free but very powerful)

For alt-tab switching give Switcher a try http://insentient.net/

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:46:30 +0000

@Kev

I know Free Commander but I don’t like it much. Interface feels sluggish. It’s like hybrid of dual pane file manager and Explorer.

Maybe it can be tweaked to fit my taste better, I have portable version around to poke at some time.

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:42:46 +0000

Will have to have a good think about older programs that I miss, nothing off the top of my head.

But for your file browser @rarst, have you tried http://www.freecommander.com/ I particularly make use of the folder compare function.