From the Beginning - Review (Continued)
Where'd I Go?
I apologize for my long absence! Due to bad health, and other real-life issues, I haven't been up to writing. I also have not had much motivation, though I have continued exploring XYplorer whenever time and energy permitted. To further compound matters, I have recently upgraded my editor. With the exception of my file manager,
EditPad Pro is probably the program I spend more time in than any other (cheap plug - sorry Don, but I do the same for
XYplorer <--see? LOL). Over the coming weeks, I will also be learning the changes Jan (the editor author) has made to his program in the last major version update.
Time and Tide
What, you may ask, have I been doing with XYplorer this time? Since my last review, I have wandered randomly exploring features that caught my attention. I have looked at:
- The Set Home feature
- The Lock Location feature
- The Address Bar capabilities
- Some of what the Information Panel offers
I must say, without reservation, that the Set Home and Lock Location features must be added to my feature suggestion list. If you are not currently exploiting them, check them out, you won't be sorry.
Impressed(ions)
I didn't expect half of what the Address Bar has to offer in the way of capabilities. Coming from a strong DOS background and cutting my file manager teeth on a well written TSR (I am referring to FC3, the DOS file manager that I discussed in my opening review), I must admit, that in Windows, I had completely given up on being able to directly and easily enter DOS-type commands anywhere but in a Command window. I am happy to report that with XYplorer's Address Bar features, not only can I do this, but much more can be accomplished with this invaluable tool (now that I've discovered it, it is indeed invaluable to me).
I am truly beginning to understand the depth of this program and the claims of other users advising me that after many years, they are still discovering, heretofore, unknown features.
Continuing Continued Review
As the Information Panel contains many tools, not least of all the Find Files feature, I will have to document my findings on a continuing bases.
Due to the fact that Don is in the mist of enhancing and expanding the Find Files capabilities, I will hold off on reporting on this until these changes are officially released. So far, though, I am more than happy with the performance. I also want to thank Don for quickly implementing the changes I suggested (found
here).
The Dark Side
As Don fears "The Dark Side" of my reviews, I thought the title appropriate! This section is where I will document any inconveniences I find, or items I believe to be counterintuitive or inconsistent with the rest of XYplorer.
In today's review, I have only three items I would like to mention, none of them gross infractions:
- Once the Information Panel is open, I have not been able to find a convenient way to dismiss it
- In the Information Panel (again), with its default size, the Tool Tip balloons for the items on the bottom do not show (they are displayed below the bottom of the window)
- Whenever I navigate away from the 'Search results' tab, then back to it, Find Files repeats the entire search - I have not been able to find a way to turn this off
(Continued)