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Xfolders offers keyboard control ala Norton Commander:
Up and down
Left and right
Path navigators context menu (click with right mouse button or ctrl-mouse on the path navigator):
Home folder: Change to your home folder
Path from right/left: Opens the path from left/right side
Volumes: Shows all mounted volumes
Other folder: Change to a folder that you input manually
Note: Expose in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) uses the F9, F10 and F11 keys by default. You will need to change this (for example to F11, F12 and F13) in the system preferences, or deactivate the keyboard control for ExposĂŠ
Some users may find this sort of interface more intuitive than the Finder, but personally, I still get along better with the Finder's spatial metaphor than with column views when moving stuff around.
I also found the program's response very slow on my 700 MHz G3 iBook, although this would presumably be less noticable on a faster Mac.
There also seems to be a bug that makes the program unresponsive to a mouse click in its interface window when returnin from certain othewr applications (Toyviewer being one).
All erasing processes in Xfolders are not absolute, i.e. all deleted files or folders move first into the trash. If you empty the trash, the data are really deleted
Xfolders features:
- Completely for Tiger re-written cocoa application.
- Uses the new technology of Mac OS X Tiger.
- Full integration of the Finder, thus support of all file operations from and to the Finder.
- Drag & Drop between both filelists and the Finder.
- Support for all important file operations.
- Info dialoge for simply changing the file and folder attributes.
- Intelligent path navigators for both file lists.
- Bookmarks & manager for folders.
- Direct access to importend system utilities.
- Navigation with the keyboard ala Norton Commander.
- Brushed metal or aqua style.
- Supports the following languages: English and german.
- Optimized for the PowerPC G5 processor, but remains compatible to G3 and G4 processors!
- Universal binary: Compatible with Intel based Macs
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System Requirements:
- Apple PowerPC or Intel based Mac with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Xfolders is optimized for the G5 Processor, but runs on G3 and G4 too.
Xfolders is freeware, so if you like this sort of user interface, it's worth checking out/
For more information, visit.
http://www.kai-heitkamp.com
Charles W. Moore
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