Even if it's dated I wonder why C= didn't include a basic file manager app with Workbench. Working with files and folders without the .info icon file was only possible through CLI back then. Even a FM with only copy, move, delete, addicon functions would be a really useful thing to have back then. :idea:
Hey! I'm just playing with CLImate and version 1.201 has the fastdir on/off button (only visible improvement over version 1.2). Actually the .fastdir feature is really nice when operating on floppies. The program don't have to scan the disk every time to load the files. The program looks really funky. It's kind of limited when it comes to functions and it's text reader can't be scrolled up.
And it's a NTSC program, so PAL pals
(like me) have a lot of empty space in the bottom which could be used for the bigger workspace. But as an early file manager it had to be very cool.
I've found another DOpus alternative called FileMaster and some dude on EAB provided link for an archive with all the versions in of it in .adf, so I got new stuff to check out.
This is the direct link for the archive I mentioned above for people who would like to check out FileMaster:
https://mega.nz/folder/GOA0mDgR#UoAa7_7ymHe34-zjOXvL6A
And the forum thread on EAB:
https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=104308&page=2
EDIT:
DirWork seems nice but it's another NTSC program.
FileMaster really starts from version 2.0. The 1.x seem to get messed up in the FS-UAE emulator: buttons are somehow smeared to the right. The 2.0 uses the 2.0+ color palette that can be changed for whatever you like which is nice. (I think that every gui program should have it's own palette options. Because in some cases default/Workbench colors can give you Rami Malek's pissed off eyes
) Other 2.x versions seem to have palette settings options removed (Why!?
) The 3.0+ versions are made for 3.x Amigas and they are more like DOpus when it comes to amount of configuration options. The disks 3.0+ are seen as N:DOS in WB1.3 (I don't know why? It's probably some file system stuff going on in there).
For now my favourites are CLImate (as an early useful FM) and FileMaster 2.0 (Not overly sophisticated and has palette options. What I like about this program is that is just a program and .info icon, no additonal files needed, so you can just copy it to your HD and use it).