Two pane file manager

[Mateusz Łoskot]

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Hi,

As I see, both GNOME with Nautilus and Xfce with Thunar
face the Windows Explorer approach - single pane + tree (or shortcuts).
There were even a long discussion on the Nautilus mailing list about
which file manager layout is more usable but Nautilus developers stated
Windows Explorer-like is FM is best.

I'd say, I don't agree and I know more people that prefer to use Total
Commander (or Midnight Commander on Unix) than Windows Explorer.
Simply, every keyboard fun prefer two panes because it saves him from
clicking too much.

I'm a bit surprised why there is no well working clone of Midnight/Total
Commander on Linux. I always thought Linux users prefer using keyboard
than mouse :-)

I'd just ask if there is any interest of having
two pane based file manager like the Total Commander for Windows?
May be Thunar could be provide two configurable layouts with common
engine inside?
I propose it to Nautilus DevTeam but it didn't meet a big interest.

What's an opinion of XFCE/Thunar developers and users regarding two pane
file manager?

Cheers
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Mateusz Łoskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net
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