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Excuse my absence, since the last update I was so busy that I could even hardly find time to sleep, but still I somehow managed to dedicate a few minutes now an then to this project and this is how, with much struggle, Hamster Filer 0.6.2 finally appears. There are no shiny features, but some useful improvements are present:
  • Scrollbar position is restored after selecting a directory from the location bar or performing an operation which causes the file list to be reloaded.
  • Location bar can be shown/hidden without reloading the file list.
  • Some example application entries are created on the first run.
  • Removed all traces of the menu bar of applications window when opening it in application-launching mode.
  • Enabling multi-select clears the selection to prevent selecting an additional item by mistake.
  • Loading indicator is shown when opening a directory.
  • Fixed sharing via Bluetooth.
  • Fixed the location bar scrolling to an outdated button.



Originally Posted by Kossuth View Post
If I am ofline, the folder shows empty, but if I am connected to internet via WLAN I can see the contents. If I'm ofline and go in Hamster Filer to / and then connect, the contents show up after my Skype icon goes green and show I'm online. And yes, I know this sounds like me or my N900 are on some heavy medication, but this is what is happening!
Sounds very strange indeed and I have no idea what's possibly going on, so I'm afraid I can't help you.

Originally Posted by Kossuth View Post
I also found out about new feature, that might have some effect on users. When you visit a folder and come back from it and delete it, it stay still in the "navigation bar" as a box you can choose (if you use that type of bar). If you click on it (I did, accidentally), the software goes black for a while as it loads something, and is momentarily unusable. After that you can resume using the software as you want. I also tried this with your latest version you released six hours ago.
I haven't observed anything like that, but 0.6.2 treats nonexistent files in a more careful way, so it might fix the problem for you.



Originally Posted by mr_pingu View Post
Noticed a bug: When you use the keyboard to navigate it doesn't highlight the upfolder icon in both grid and list view. The highlight just dissappears.
It's actually half-bug, half-feature. Selection is disabled for the first item so that the parent directory cannot be a subject to file operations. Maybe I'll think of a better solution.



Originally Posted by Joseph9560 View Post
While changing directory, filebox is able to show another directory without flickering screen. Instead of showing blank screen for some milliseconds, it keeps on showing the old directory until new directory view is ready. It feels faster and smoother that way. I hope you got what I am saying.
I have the opposite feeling about that. In FileBox you can't see the moment of refreshing a directory just because its GUI is frozen (try pressing a button when loading a lot of files). Hamster Filer will show an empty list for a moment, but the GUI is responsive for most of the loading time.



Originally Posted by Estel View Post
When one long-press path tabs (tabs, representing directories in path to current one), it got replaced by familiar imputable text field, where we can define path manually, using auto-completion, just like in filebox.

For me (and as I suppose, for many other users), it's more convenient, than clicking on tabs. Could there be an option, to make it *default* way, in which path is presented? Currently, upon every start of hamster, one need to long-press it, as toggle trigger.
Do you remember about Ctrl+L? But if it's still not fast enough, I think I could add such option.
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