Marta
Productivity
file manager
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
7 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 17 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Privacy: 0 for, 8 againstIdea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks like a good start; wanted a Total Commander replacement for macOS
From 1 comment
Looks like a good start. I would love to get a full replacement of TotalCommander for macOS. I've tried a few and I'm currently using Forklift 3. There's still some features that…
husted on HN
Keybindings borrowed from mc are appealing
From 1 comment
Nice. mc keybindings
weitzj on HN
Objections
Closed alpha requires email signup, which users dislike
From 4 comments
Wanted to try it, but no, I am not going to sign up for a super exclusive alpha that requires my email address.
smarx007 on HNAgreed, this complete puts me off too. Was initially interested but that evaporates with having to register.
_joel on HN>I could send you the direct link via Twitter DMs (yanex_ru) or via an email (me@yanex[at]org). You need to freely provide the download. No one is going to give you their email…
aphextron on HNNo, that's actually an indicator. If the DMG is email-walled, how much data the app will track once installed on my machine?
smarx007 on HN
Not ready for Show HN; too little functionality
From 2 comments
> If your work isn't ready for people to try out yet, please don't do a Show HN. Once it's ready, come back and do it then. From https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html which I…
diggan on HNNot really alpha ready in my opinion. Needs quite a bit of work to be able to do anything.
xmichael99 on HN
Pane switching key not configurable
From 1 comment
I'm very interested in getting started with this! One question, is there a way to change the key binding for switching active panes? Right now it seems like the only option is to…
hooksfordays on HN
Requests
Make it freely downloadable without email
From 2 comments
>I could send you the direct link via Twitter DMs (yanex_ru) or via an email (me@yanex[at]org). You need to freely provide the download. No one is going to give you their email…
aphextron on HNNo, that's actually an indicator. If the DMG is email-walled, how much data the app will track once installed on my machine?
smarx007 on HN
Homebrew Cask distribution
From 1 comment
Going to try to get it into Home-brew?
mmjaa on HN
Use system font instead of Helvetica
From 1 comment
A tiny niggle: consider using the Apple-defined system font instead of Helvetica? Many Mac users are sticklers about this.
pavlov on HN
Questions
How does it differ from fman, ForkLift, XtraFinder?
From 2 comments
This is eerily similar to fman, which was posted here a few weeks ago https://fman.io/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13764060
jmuguy on HNI really like XtraFinder[1] and pretty much can't do without it. I wish it worked w/o that very serious (potentially dangerous) workaround but sadly it doesn't and after OSX…
balladeer on HN
Is FTP support planned?
From 1 comment
I really like XtraFinder[1] and pretty much can't do without it. I wish it worked w/o that very serious (potentially dangerous) workaround but sadly it doesn't and after OSX…
balladeer on HN
Alternatives named
fman
From 1 comment
This is eerily similar to fman, which was posted here a few weeks ago https://fman.io/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13764060
jmuguy on HN
ForkLift
From 1 comment
Just want to point people to http://www.binarynights.com/forklift/ It's not free, but they've just releaseed a new major version, and it's the first time I've found a file…
nicoburns on HN
Path Finder
From 1 comment
Disk Order (http://likemac.ru) was great, now abandonware (last updated 2013) Next best thing I could find was Path Finder (http://cocoatech.com)
pax on HN
Nimble Commander
From 1 comment
There's similar program: Nimble Commander, I use it for a long time and I like it.
vbezhenar on HN
Finder
From 1 comment
Not a fan of the Midnight Commander-style of UI, but I'll give it a try since anything has got to be better than the mess that is the Finder these days .. I still don't…
mmjaa on HN