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Branch view is used by TC.jjk wrote:Why not Branch view ?
LMAO - I love it...TheQwerty wrote:Remove Flat from the name entirely...
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Why not? I did not understand your point.Trasd wrote:... I would really suggest you not use the term "flat" anywhere in the new name.
DOpus themselves claim to have copied the feature from TNT File Manager (I found that in a thread in x2 forums).Gandolf wrote:Branch view is used by TC.jjk wrote:Why not Branch view ?
Also, DOpus did not invent the view, although they may have been the first to use the name. It existed in XTreeGold in 1991 (and possibly before, I have the XTreeGold manual for version 2.5 from the days when you received printed documentation). It was called simply "Branch" (and still is in ZTree).
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+ Added 'Find on browse' option (located on the Name & Location tab).
If checked, file find with the current parameters automatically starts when
you select a folder or drive in TreeView.
This option can for example be used to invoke a 'See all files' mode when all
find filters are disabled, ie you'll get a list of all files below the current
folder including subfolders.
Or you can do selective browsing, for example if you're only interested in
icon files, set the name filter to '*.ico' and all you gonna see is icons.
Two reasons Don:admin wrote:Why not? I did not understand your point.Trasd wrote:... I would really suggest you not use the term "flat" anywhere in the new name.
Nope..not everyone...I fully agree! Pretty sure that Don could do as suggested by using "Compare to Flat View (TM) in DO" in description, esp if XY's has features that make it unique as we know it will.Trasd wrote:I know everyone is going to argue with this point of view, but I usually call it as I see it.
Couldn't that switch value be handled internally and converted to whatever term is used? Given how new the feature is, I don't think it's that prevalent.admin wrote:The word "flat" is already present in user code (/:flat). This cannot be withdrawn. That's why "flat" must be part of the term.jjk wrote:Why not Branch view ?
Cool.Marco wrote:Holo™ View
I agree that, in marketing, impression is everything, but in this case I would find it ridiculuous to sell a feature that's commonly known as "flat view" under a different name. That's almost cheating. It is a flat view, and when I'm not allowed to use that term I will take the nearest allowed term ("flattened view"). After all, almost every file manager has this feature, so it's not such an impressive thing as to make a big noise about it.Trasd wrote:Two reasons Don:admin wrote:Why not? I did not understand your point.Trasd wrote:... I would really suggest you not use the term "flat" anywhere in the new name.I know everyone is going to argue with this point of view, but I usually call it as I see it.
- First, to make the term distinctly your own (or XYplorer's own). Naming it with "Flat" in the name, to me, suggest your are trying to emulate the feature, like the name. I know this is not true, but it makes me think of Walmart generic brands that say "Compare to the active ingredients of brand [name] XXX...." Also, so that in the future, people wouldn't refer to the feature as "Flat View" in articles and such, but "Raze View" or whatever you name it. I realize this is wishful thinking, but what if you add something new to this feature in the future and you want to make it distinctive - you would have to rename it again. Make it belong to XYplorer, not generic. In marketing, impression is everything.
- Second, like nas8e9 suggested, it will avoid all possible future legal issues.
I understand and was pretty sure you would assume this position, but it's your decision in the end, and just in case you hadn't thought of it, you now have this option. It was just a suggestion, after all, and I don't blame you for wanting to trade on a term EVERYONE else uses.admin wrote:I agree that, in marketing, impression is everything, but in this case I would find it ridiculuous to sell a feature that's commonly known as "flat view" under a different name. That's almost cheating. It is a flat view, and when I'm not allowed to use that term I will take the nearest allowed term ("flattened view"). After all, almost every file manager has this feature, so it's not such an impressive thing as to make a big noise about it.