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Originally Posted by christexaport View Post
It sucks that you have to ask. I'm actually trying to figure why flv videos won't play, but don't want to be told, I wanted to see if I could learn myself. Basically I want access to what I paid for.

Maemo Freak is a community of hackers and modders. Without full system access, we'll always have to beg guys here for help. We'd like to investigate the firmware and do custom boot videos, etc. I get sick of hearing "If you don't know X you shouldn't do Y" like I'm 6. Most of my crew are advanced enough to deal with this stuff.

I know the command line works, but I'm a big boy. I'm more proficient with Windows, and prefer a GUI based file browser. I don't know many computers today without one. Is there a GUI based browser for the N900 with ability to browse all files or no? And if not, how much cash must I gather to have one coded up? Or, ideally, can the defalt browser be modded to show all files?
No one here's saying that you and your community aren't advanced enough to do whatever it is you want to do and deal with the ramifications. We're simply explaining to you why the file manager was made the way it was - it's meant for average use cases.

I know there was a few GUI file browsers for previous tablets. I wouldn't be surprised if they would just run on the N900 as is until a proper port could be done. I just never really used them so I don't remember their names offhand.

Chris, if you try running an OS2008 GUI file browser and it works, post back and let us know.
 

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