Demand for a file manager?

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I've been working on and off on a file manager for honeycomb and I'm just wondering who out there would like such a program.

If I could get a feel for demand I might be more inclined to work on it and get it polished for the market. Right now it simply browses and opens files, but I have preliminary support for a drag and drop system and future plans for an sftp client built in (possibly only for a pay version).

Any thoughts/ideas?

-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

Originally Posted by Bauxite

I've been working on and off on a file manager for honeycomb and I'm just wondering who out there would like such a program.

If I could get a feel for demand I might be more inclined to work on it and get it polished for the market. Right now it simply browses and opens files, but I have preliminary support for a drag and drop system and future plans for an sftp client built in (possibly only for a pay version).

Any thoughts/ideas?

-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

Yes there is. I have been using Astro which is fine but I wish there was a better way to navigate between folders and sub folders besides just traversing back up the directory tree. I could see using fragments to show directory structure on the left and it could make file browsing a lot less painful on the Xoom.

Originally Posted by Inphinitizeit

Yes there is. I have been using Astro which is fine but I wish there was a better way to navigate between folders and sub folders besides just traversing back up the directory tree. I could see using fragments to show directory structure on the left and it could make file browsing a lot less painful on the Xoom.

Right now I use fragments to traverse folders, a horizontal stack of lists bulids up when you go deeper. Kind of like the Mac OS finder split view.

-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

Originally Posted by Bauxite

I've been working on and off on a file manager for honeycomb and I'm just wondering who out there would like such a program.

If I could get a feel for demand I might be more inclined to work on it and get it polished for the market. Right now it simply browses and opens files, but I have preliminary support for a drag and drop system and future plans for an sftp client built in (possibly only for a pay version).

Any thoughts/ideas?

-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

I would love to see an intuitive, non-bloated file manager for honeycomb.

I love the functionality of Estrong's, but he added in too much cruft for my tastes, and th UI is over complicated.

Originally Posted by Bauxite

I've been working on and off on a file manager for honeycomb and I'm just wondering who out there would like such a program.

If I could get a feel for demand I might be more inclined to work on it and get it polished for the market. Right now it simply browses and opens files, but I have preliminary support for a drag and drop system and future plans for an sftp client built in (possibly only for a pay version).

Any thoughts/ideas?

-Bauxite
Sent from my Evo 4G

I would love to see something like root explorer (root access), but with folders on the side. Like others have said, using the .. to move back is a pain in the a$$.

I quite like root explorer for a light weight app. The only think I prefer about astro is the ability to 'open with...'

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ES. FileManager works pretty well.

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I use both ScaliCommander (drag and drop, two panel, option for file tree, etc etc) and File Expert (smb client for fetching stuff off my laptop without connecting the USB). Neither is very honeycombed. Something that combined their features would be of great use (don't need Scali's scaling as far as I can see).

definitely room for improvement. astro has some amazing functionality (even more than people realize) but just isn't optimized for larger screen sizes. file station for tablets works nicely, and has a very windows file manager vibe to it (positive and negative) but is a little simplistic... give it a go!

I would have interest in something specifically designed for honeycomb with the ability to multiselect and move files. This was never an issue on my evo since I didn't manage work documents on my phone (pdf, excel, word, ppt etc...) its a psin in the as* emailing 10 files then moving them from downloads to a meeting folder one at a time (astro) or multiple on a tiny screen (others I have tried) . If I'm a moron and there is already a file manager that does this someone please clue me in.

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