admin wrote:
Okay, thanks everybody for his opinion. (But I won't change it. <duck>)
Okaaaaay. So, how about making the pull down menus fully customizable? That way we can put it back ourselves, and save you the work!
admin wrote:
Okay, thanks everybody for his opinion. (But I won't change it. <duck>)
How about using v8.40?Mesh wrote:admin wrote:
Okay, thanks everybody for his opinion. (But I won't change it. <duck>)
Okaaaaay. So, how about making the pull down menus fully customizable? That way we can put it back ourselves, and save you the work!
admin wrote:Mesh wrote:
Okaaaaay. So, how about making the pull down menus fully customizable? That way we can put it back ourselves, and save you the work!
How about using v8.40?
graham wrote:
I think maybe the problem is not where but the name Tools. If this was Settings then I think it could make more sense as that is a generic name covering view settings and config settings etc. Tools implies rather more than settings and you already have these as specials. So my view would be to have tools and settings as menu items.
I had looked at XYplorer in the past. Lack of dual-pane made it a no-go. I notice that has recently been added; was looking around at the features and the changelog... (interesting stuff).admin wrote:Okay, thanks everybody for his opinion. (But I won't change it. <duck>)
You use another file manager, but register in this forum just to say that you are turned off about an absolute minor issue? Hilarious! I hope you feel better now.Crash&Burn wrote:I had looked at XYplorer in the past. Lack of dual-pane made it a no-go. I notice that has recently been added; was looking around at the features and the changelog... (interesting stuff).admin wrote:Okay, thanks everybody for his opinion. (But I won't change it. <duck>)
And then I run into this post by the developer that basically tells (what appears to be some of the main) key users at this forum he doesn't care what they think, the illogical change will remain as that's what he prefers.
I use a file-manager that allows complete customization of the MainMenu and Toolbar. And while that developer does things that are contrary to user-wishes at times or does not implement some things that seem to be high in demand - those contrary changes almost always come with .ini file options so people can retain previous functionality if they so wish.
This is a complete turn-off of what looked like a promising piece of software -- Even with the lack of sftp.
(Which again shows a very strange view in not even considering a plugin for WinSCP as it is third party.)
Clearly you have no experience of Don and his thinking regarding the future of XY. If, and it will never happen, Don were to go along with every user wish then XY would be totally out of control. If you spend time using XY rather than reading forum banter you will appreciate the thought that goes into crafting this wonderful software. There are many features in XY that are not to my personal taste but this is where Don has listened to users and does make well thought out judgements as to what is needed to meet file manager needs and cater for a wide variety of user wishes. I would say that scripting is a perfect example of meeting user wishes and it has been developing over a long time - if you are into programming then just have a go an appreciate the enormous scope of user specific tools available - few FM's have anything like this. I personally think it should be re-branded as XY programming rather than scripting as the latter implies makeshift simplistic user code.And then I run into this post by the developer that basically tells (what appears to be some of the main) key users at this forum he doesn't care what they think, the illogical change will remain as that's what he prefers.
A very wise tip...graham wrote:So, stop messing around, exploit XY and buy it before the price goes up!
If you're talking about users of other FM's who are converting over/comparing/dual-using, then this change may not be that true...I just did a brief check of x2 lite, XPlorer, FreeCommander, Q-Dir and A43 which are the other ones I have here for compare/reference (x2 is the only one I really ever use of these)...almost all have these type of options within the View menu...a couple don't really have a Tools menu...now that's nowhere near a comprehensive list but it does show the trend towards View and not Tools.admin wrote:(2) I try to put stuff where users are likely to look for it.