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Hi Zeltak

I am just a user of filebox that tries to help the author - CepiPerez - testing the program and reporting back.

I do like filemanagers with two panes. I use them all the time in my desktops.
In my last N97 phone i have also used active file manger, indeed a very good two pane filemanager. However my favorite was xplore that worked very similar to filebox.
I think that the small screen size of the N900 implies that a permanent two pane filemanager must use small fonts to display the necessary information. As an example we have midnightcommander, a very powerful and complete filemanager.
There is also "case" a nice permanent two pane filemanger but with just basic functionality.

Imho the addition of a virtual 2nd pane to filebox would be welcome.
I have no idea how difficult it would be to code it. Perhaps CepiPerez may say something about it.

In the mean time you may try the bookmarks. They can work almost like virtual 2nd, 3rd ... panes.
Just bookmark the 1st and 2nd pane directories and then you can switch between them with just 2 touches.

Quote... 2 panels would make FileBox the DEFITIVE file manager.
It's a lot faster to copy/move/paste files with two panels *w*

Except that two panels won't fit to the N900 screen properly. Just check emelfm - it has got two barely usable panes all right.

I didn't know elefm .. yes, infact it isn't much usable ... but case is a bit better .
By the way ... even a panel that disappears laterally... or, saying better ... two panels that alternate (one on left and one on right), and when you open one (tapping on some icon), the other automatically slide laterally, disappearing.

PS: excuse me for my disgusting english

Not really better, just got fewer buttons. But, my guess is, you have not seen Midnight Commander either. It is a two-paneled Norton Commander clone and it is actually usable, as long as you are ok with tiny fonts.

I know it it's good .. but i don't appreciate a lot its graphic.. and ofter i've problem with the zoom ... zooming in and out causes some sorts of graphic bugs in the visualization .. :/
And the scrolling isn't the most comfortable thing of this world (it's a venture to stop the scrolling in the right place -.- ) ..

Then Filebox show image's preview (and this is a very useful thing when you fight with the icon packs)... and allows to select multiple files very quickly..
And at least... it's cooler

I am getting more and more enthousiastic about filebox. So what I am writing is absolutely no critique on the program.

1: I only found out about longpress in this thread, while I have the N900 from december 2009!!! This proves the importance of a concise manual that can be consulted on a website or so.

2: threads about a popular application like this one soon grow unwieldy and difficult to search. Again a good reason to collect knowledge in one spot.

Paai

What happened with the options of ordering? I only get "cending" and "down". What happens to sort by name, size, etc?

Seams like new version of filebox 0.6-1 has all the requested sort functions.

Also cut and paste options in tools. I can't wait to test them

CepiPerez: thanks for this new version.
Please post the change log.

Latest changes:

Version 0.6-1:
- Added "Paste from clipboard" and "Cut from clipboard" to tools button
- Fixed clipboard shortcuts
- Re-added sort functions

Version 0.5-8:
- Support password protection decompressing rar and zip files


Please let me know if you find bugs.
If everything is Ok I'll promote the package to extras-testing