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Feature Requests and Suggestions / ** Summary of Requests and Suggestions *
« on: July 04, 2012, 14:08:25 »
This is a list of all the request for future improvements I got. A lot more then I though I would get.
This list contains only user request that I got from here in the forum, mail or from the send feedback function inside the program.
Some of this request was already on my own list, and I got a lot on my own list that is not included here.
But I do not want to reveal everything I have planned for the future. Have to have some surprises.
This list is not sorted in any particular order. Even if a feature is on this list, That does not mean that it will be added, This is just a list of request. some might be added and might not be.
To add a feature or not, is based on a lot of things. Some of them are if it is even possible to add it? Will it affect other parts of the program?
Will it make the user experience better or worse? Will the feature be useful for many or just a few user? How much time will it require to add it?
If a feature is only useful for very few user but will take very little time to add it, then I might be added anyway.
After the list of requests there are some comments on some of the major requests.
(I rephrased and summarized some of the request below.)
(Item that are stroked have been added/fixed since this post was first created)
That is a lot of requests. And then the features I have on my own list is not listed here.
I wish I could clone myself and fix all of them, But that is not possible.
Here are some comments on some of the requested features
Favorites/Bookmarking system
I had been thinking about something like that for a while myself. There are a couple of way to do this.
A) A simple menu that shows a list of added path. Just like the simple favorite list you got in your web browser.
And all items in the list are number 1-9 and then A-Z so they can easily be access using the keyboard.
B) The other solution is a more advanced way. Show a windows where all favorites are shown. You can also tag paths and only show path with a special tags.
You can also start to type something and the selection of bookmarks will be less until you find the bookmark you want,
There can also be a tab/view/button that will show the most common path you select so you easy can select items.
and there will of course be keyboard hotkeys for everything so you can from the keyboard do all things fast.
C) Even more advanced system that automatically keeps track of paths/locations you do things in and keeps a list of them.
and if a path/location is not visited in a long time it is automatically removed from the list.
When show the bookmark window you will then see the path/location that you work with most frequently and they can then be access using 1-9,A-Z keys.
Synchronize Folders
This is also a feature that would require more information on how you would like it to work.
syncing folder can be simple like just making sure that folder A and B are the same. and if a file is located in both places it will keep the file that
is the newest. However if a file is deleted in place A it will then not be deleted in place B since it does not know if the file is new or not.
The more advanced way is to keep a 'folder sync-project' file with your files. Then it would be possible to detect if files are deleted and sync that too.
And also in a more advanced folder syncing it would also allow for comparing file content. (witch also is a separate request that is quite large to add)
Thumbnail view
There is a couple of ways this can work. as stated above there are request for this both as list and detail view.
In Thumbnail list mode it will show a thumbnail is list mode is now but with the image being the size of 64x64 or bigger. (Might be customizable)
And with the filename under the image. And just like list mode you will have multiple columns.
--------- ---------
| | | |
| image | | image |
|Thumbnail| |Thumbnail|
| | | |
|_________| |_________|
Filename1.jpg Filename2.jpg
With Thumbnail detail mode you will have 1 image per row. but the filename and file information will be listed next to the image under each other.
And maybe also with special image properties
---------
| | Filename1.jpg
| image | 343 343 bytes
|Thumbnail| 2012-01-01 23:23:23
| | 1600x1200
|_________|
---------
| | Filename2.jpg
| image | 453 4324 bytes
|Thumbnail| 2012-01-02 12:52:31
| | 1600x1200
|_________|
Preview panel
This is also a feature that I been thinking about for a while. and there are a couple of way to approach this and possible issues to avoid.
Should a preview panel be locked to a specific open tab. ? If not then if I got a Preview panel on the left and 5 tabs on the right and I change
the tab then the preview panel should show the new file in focus in the new tab? Can there be multiple preview panel open on the same side?
or maybe only one preview panel per side. And more.
I'm leaning into only allow 1 preview panel per side and the file in in focus on the opposite side, will be the file that is shown in the preview.
and if tab is change so a new tab is in focus, then the new file that is shown and is in focus will be shown in the preview panel.
Then it is what the preview panel should show.. for images it should show a thumbnail, for text file it should show the file content.
But should it show all content using scrollbar or the first parts of them. (So many choices)
Flatview Showing all files and folders and subfolders together
Not sure if it is possible. But do you not get that behavior if you open search, and search for everything in one folder.
Then all files and folders and subfiles and subfolder are shown in the search result.
Maybe the search need to support for more file system functions so the thing you want to do with files/folder when presented like this can be done here?
Missing feature
If you have any suggestions that are not on the list ? Just leave new post about it in the forum.
If it is a bug in any existing feature when leave the post in the support forum.
Your Input/Feedback
A lot of the requests can be added in many different ways so if you have any ides and views, suggestion
on how any of the feature should work, fell free to express your view of that here.
all suggestions are welcome.
So the question is. Which of the requests above would like to have added the most.
The end...
This list contains only user request that I got from here in the forum, mail or from the send feedback function inside the program.
Some of this request was already on my own list, and I got a lot on my own list that is not included here.
But I do not want to reveal everything I have planned for the future. Have to have some surprises.
This list is not sorted in any particular order. Even if a feature is on this list, That does not mean that it will be added, This is just a list of request. some might be added and might not be.
To add a feature or not, is based on a lot of things. Some of them are if it is even possible to add it? Will it affect other parts of the program?
Will it make the user experience better or worse? Will the feature be useful for many or just a few user? How much time will it require to add it?
If a feature is only useful for very few user but will take very little time to add it, then I might be added anyway.
After the list of requests there are some comments on some of the major requests.
(I rephrased and summarized some of the request below.)
Favorites/Bookmarking system- Synchronize Folders
Support for larger icons on the toolbar both 32 and also 24 and 48- Search in registry
- Thumbnail view in Explorer Panel, Show all files with a larger image that is a Thumbnail of the file if the file is a picture file.
(Thumbnails in both listand detail mode have been requested,
in detail mode there would be possible to show more picture info in multiple lines next to the image) - Show a Preview pane in the opposite panel
- Password support for Zip and 7-Zip
- Printing support from the built in file viewer.
- Tool for creating file lists. Should work like Multi-Rename where you can set [N] Like tags where on a line you want filename and so on.
- Customize the right click menu. Add commands to it.
- Option to turn off full row selection. So for an item to be set to focus the user has to click on the actual file name.
Option to go to parent folder when double clicking on empty area (Should be combined with option to turn off full row selection )Option to turn off Drive Dropdown list- Able to Custom colors for file and folder based on name, date, attributes and state (selected, focus, normal)
Show System/Hidden files with a special or lighter color.- Flat view Showing all files and folders and subfolders together
Column header should follow the font size of the Explorer Panel.- Browse the recycle bin
- Create new empty files easily with a build in command.
- Create new file based on template. So when user select create new file the user get a list of different templates.
- Dynamic column in the Explorer Panel when in List Mode
Option to instead of showing free space show used space. Instead of "800G of 2000G free ( 40% free )" then show "1200G of 2000G used ( 60% used ) "Customized number of button rows to show in the button panel from within the program. Now you need to manually modify the file- Tool for splitting and joining files
Option to split view main GUI as Top / Bottom instead of Left/Right- Able to throttle/limit the speed for copy/move operation
- Modify the copy queue. Rearrange and remove items from the queue
- Save a copy queue and able to restore and continue from it at a later time.
- SFTP support, SSH file transfer, not to be confused with FTP-SSL.
- Function to Move and Link a folder automatically. (eg It will move the folder C:\A to D:\A, then it will create a Link (junction/symlink)
from C:\A to D:\A so all program still using old path will still work ) Add script that will auto run at startup and shutdown of MC.- Able to turn off external folder change monitoring for a folder.
- Tool to 'grep' text lines from a file
- Tool for comparing files.
- Able to use wcx,wfx,wlx plugins
- Concept of Work Sessions. All tabs are belonging to a session. And user can define different session. and if Session X is selected
All tabs are closed and new opened with the locations defined it that work sessions. - Copy plugin that will automatically CRC check files and create CRC checksum files if needed.
- Support for browsing and extracting files from .CAB
- Support for browsing and extracting files from .ISO
- Support for browsing and extracting files from .LZH (Really? anyone still using that ?)
- Able to share files using HTTP, Sharing a file temporary to someone that is a guest on your LAN can be a pain.
Because you often need to modify a lot of network settings on the computer before you will see each other’s file shares.
Able to share a file quick via a simple built in HTTP server would solve that pain. Get icon for folder defined in desktop.ini file inside the folder ( Like Windows Explorer do )- Get color and column settings for a folder defined in a file stored in that folder. Similar to what Windows Explorer uses the desktop.ini file for
Customize the color the progress bar that are shown in the status bar. And have different color for different action
eg. Green for copy, Blue for move, Red for delete.- Customize the colors for the Column header, and Toolbar background, status bar.
- Customize the background color for the dropdown list
- Customize the colors for the command line field.
(Item that are stroked have been added/fixed since this post was first created)
That is a lot of requests. And then the features I have on my own list is not listed here.
I wish I could clone myself and fix all of them, But that is not possible.
Here are some comments on some of the requested features
Favorites/Bookmarking system
I had been thinking about something like that for a while myself. There are a couple of way to do this.
A) A simple menu that shows a list of added path. Just like the simple favorite list you got in your web browser.
And all items in the list are number 1-9 and then A-Z so they can easily be access using the keyboard.
B) The other solution is a more advanced way. Show a windows where all favorites are shown. You can also tag paths and only show path with a special tags.
You can also start to type something and the selection of bookmarks will be less until you find the bookmark you want,
There can also be a tab/view/button that will show the most common path you select so you easy can select items.
and there will of course be keyboard hotkeys for everything so you can from the keyboard do all things fast.
C) Even more advanced system that automatically keeps track of paths/locations you do things in and keeps a list of them.
and if a path/location is not visited in a long time it is automatically removed from the list.
When show the bookmark window you will then see the path/location that you work with most frequently and they can then be access using 1-9,A-Z keys.
Synchronize Folders
This is also a feature that would require more information on how you would like it to work.
syncing folder can be simple like just making sure that folder A and B are the same. and if a file is located in both places it will keep the file that
is the newest. However if a file is deleted in place A it will then not be deleted in place B since it does not know if the file is new or not.
The more advanced way is to keep a 'folder sync-project' file with your files. Then it would be possible to detect if files are deleted and sync that too.
And also in a more advanced folder syncing it would also allow for comparing file content. (witch also is a separate request that is quite large to add)
Thumbnail view
There is a couple of ways this can work. as stated above there are request for this both as list and detail view.
In Thumbnail list mode it will show a thumbnail is list mode is now but with the image being the size of 64x64 or bigger. (Might be customizable)
And with the filename under the image. And just like list mode you will have multiple columns.
--------- ---------
| | | |
| image | | image |
|Thumbnail| |Thumbnail|
| | | |
|_________| |_________|
Filename1.jpg Filename2.jpg
With Thumbnail detail mode you will have 1 image per row. but the filename and file information will be listed next to the image under each other.
And maybe also with special image properties
---------
| | Filename1.jpg
| image | 343 343 bytes
|Thumbnail| 2012-01-01 23:23:23
| | 1600x1200
|_________|
---------
| | Filename2.jpg
| image | 453 4324 bytes
|Thumbnail| 2012-01-02 12:52:31
| | 1600x1200
|_________|
Preview panel
This is also a feature that I been thinking about for a while. and there are a couple of way to approach this and possible issues to avoid.
Should a preview panel be locked to a specific open tab. ? If not then if I got a Preview panel on the left and 5 tabs on the right and I change
the tab then the preview panel should show the new file in focus in the new tab? Can there be multiple preview panel open on the same side?
or maybe only one preview panel per side. And more.
I'm leaning into only allow 1 preview panel per side and the file in in focus on the opposite side, will be the file that is shown in the preview.
and if tab is change so a new tab is in focus, then the new file that is shown and is in focus will be shown in the preview panel.
Then it is what the preview panel should show.. for images it should show a thumbnail, for text file it should show the file content.
But should it show all content using scrollbar or the first parts of them. (So many choices)
Flatview Showing all files and folders and subfolders together
Not sure if it is possible. But do you not get that behavior if you open search, and search for everything in one folder.
Then all files and folders and subfiles and subfolder are shown in the search result.
Maybe the search need to support for more file system functions so the thing you want to do with files/folder when presented like this can be done here?
Missing feature
If you have any suggestions that are not on the list ? Just leave new post about it in the forum.
If it is a bug in any existing feature when leave the post in the support forum.
Your Input/Feedback
A lot of the requests can be added in many different ways so if you have any ides and views, suggestion
on how any of the feature should work, fell free to express your view of that here.
all suggestions are welcome.
So the question is. Which of the requests above would like to have added the most.
The end...
good that it got solved.