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binocular222
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In many web browser, opening a new tab shows a "welcome" page with speed dial and some other funny things.
Can we have a "special" tab like that in XY?
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autocart
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What exactly would you want to display there and what would be the benefit?

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- List all Fav folders/Fav files
- History
- FAQ / welcome message from developer / registration status...
- Play some animation (gif/video/flash game...) for entertainment
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Post by autocart »

might be especially friendly and comforting for newbies but I can also imagine that it might be friendly for old rabbits as well :)

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An Android file manager, ES explorer has this homepage tab:
Screenshot_2014-04-21-14-41-19.png
It'd be nicer if XY gets something similar with search, "my documents", some control panel items/XY's own setting shortcuts, and favorite file folders. Maybe as an option similar to "set as home".
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autocart wrote:... but I can also imagine that it might be friendly for old rabbits as well :)
here now the official confirmation: +1.

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Post by eil »

i'd say it would be too much of an effort, 'cause everyone will desire customize it, largly. like me for ex, always hated Search on such "pages" etc.)
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Don can think about embedding an html page inside that special hometab.
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So, it's like a "preview tab", which act similar to preview in info panel, but take the whole List instead of cramping under statusbar.
With this tab I can view pretty much anything (HTML; avi; music; flash...)
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488

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