How I came to XYplorer

[Brother John]

Hi all,

now that I’ve introduced myself to the forum with a bug report, I guess following up with something positive can’t hurt.

I was a Win Explorer user for a long time, since Win95 actually. Explorer was never great, but good enough most of the time. Unfortunately MS has a tendency to introduce new, extremely shiny and extremely annoying features to Explorer. WinXP Explorer can be made usable by some config tricks. But then came Vista and things changed … Vista’s Explorer is a madhouse! I’m absolutely appalled by its automation/pseudo-intelligence (read stupidity) hell and the hoops you have to jump through to disable even some of it. »No! I do not want to view this folder in special MP3 mode. There’s not a single bloody audio file in sight anywhere!«

So I went to look for an alternative … and almost despaired. Dual pane everywhere, and never an option to turn it off! Problem is, I just don’t work that way. Tabs are great and imo a lot more efficent than dual panes. And if I happen to need a second pane once or twice a month I’ll just open a second window.

Well, to make a long story short. Forced dual pane ruled out most programmes and I ended up testing XYplorer and Directory Opus. Both are good, but XYplorer has this feature that outshines them all: mini tree! How could I live without it? How could I ever stand using a tree view with all that clutter of open but not needed folders? It’s been a nightmare for years and I never even realised it!

Mini tree is also a great example of the overall XYplorer feeling. The whole programme seems to be made up of a thousand ridiculously simple ideas with a powerful impact, and it always leaves the user in control. I’ve finally redirected Windows+E to open XYplorer, I think that says it all. Keep up the good work!

[corneliusd]

I came to XYplorer for exactly the same reason. Windows XP's explorer was reasonably good, but Vista (and now also Windows 7) has totally messed it up. Microsoft is trying to think too much for us and assumes we want certain views. But I want to retain control--and XYplorer gives it to me!

Reading through these forums, which I just discovered after using XYplorer for several months, I've learned several more features I didn't even realize were in here. Such as the mini tree, minimize to tray, catalog view, batch rename, scripting, and so much more! It'll take a long time to learn everything, but this is truly one of the most amazing, feature-packed programs I've seen in a long time. And well designed, too!

Thanks so much for XYplorer! I'm telling all my friends about it!

[j_c_hallgren]

Reading through these forums, which I just discovered after using XYplorer for several months,

Hi and welcome to the XY forums!
Where have you been? And what took you so long?
And don't be a stranger now that you've found us, ok?
I found the forums within hours of finding the product and it rapidly became a key part of why I fell in love with XY!

I'm telling all my friends about it!

Glad to hear that! That's how we can spread the word for low cost as well.