XYplorer Beta Club

The info in a graph is always faster to register and analyse
for the brain than a list of numbers.

What about a feature I saw in Directory Opus: a
horizontal bar graph that shows the relative size of the files in a
directory. The longer the bar, the bigger/older the file.

In XYplorer, this feature could also be used for the age of a file: the
older the file, the longer the bar.

The biggest/oldest file should have the maximal bar length which should be the current width of the bar's column.
The bar could have the same style as a boxed branch: this is modern and
nice.

noutters wrote: The info in a graph is always faster to register and analyse for the brain than a list of numbers.

True. But usually when I'm looking for the biggest or newest files I simply sort the list. And then I'm not so much interested in relative sizes.
What is the advantage that would justify one or more new columns?

My point exactly!
With this feature:
1) you do not have to sort the files by date/size to find the oldest/biggest
2) when applied to directories, abnormally large directories stick out directly (like internet temp folders, etc...). Then its time for a good HD clean-up.

i get sorta that type of feature from another product...it's called "Tree Size" http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml and it runs as a file menu extension..

j_c_hallgren wrote:i get sorta that type of feature from another product...it's called "Tree Size" http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml and it runs as a file menu extension..

Yes, I have seen it before. Those bars would suit XY as well...
How fast is Tree Size?

noutters wrote:My point exactly!
With this feature:
1) you do not have to sort the files by date/size to find the oldest/biggest

Ok, but then you have to scroll looking out for the big bars... could be tiring as well in a long list...

noutters wrote:2) when applied to directories, abnormally large directories stick out directly (like internet temp folders, etc...). Then its time for a good HD clean-up.

See TreeSize... bars in the tree

Ok. so it's NOT that fast, maybe...it took about 25 secs for drive C on my 1GHz Dell for a 20GB drive with 8BG used...however, given that I generally use it on a much smaller sub-folder, and not that often, it's ok...

I was suggesting it as a way to handle the issue and/or how someone else shows results...

j_c_hallgren wrote:I was suggesting it as a way to handle the issue and/or how someone else shows results...

Inspiring. You know, since I completely own my treeview, I can do things like this and more exotic stuff easily...

Reopening this topic! Because...I was pointed to a nice Java app that helps in this area by the web DL.TV show...and...it's freeware...and is by someone in Germany!

http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Ok...so it's not perfect...but it helped in a few minutes point me to some areas to look at on my HD.