It's time for some changes to finally come: title of this humble file management app will change from Files to Nimble Commander.
( not sure if it will be respectful to the classics to call it NC, but it can be very convenient at least
)Changes to web domain/site and other infrastructural stuff will come later on.
Migration should be smooth, just a few notes:
- BundleID will remain info.filesmanager.Files.
- Application Support path will change to Nimble Commander from Files and app will copy original settings upon first startup (source files will remain intact).
Link to the build itself: http://filesmanager.info/downloads/prev ... (1567).zip
New stuff in this build:
- some basic support for remote files editing. Now if you edit a file on FTP/SFTP/XAttr virtual file system with some associated application - NC will automatically upload changed version back. Currently there're requirements that:
a) original window must be still opened.
b) original vfs must be still opened.
c) changes to file must be made within 1 hour, after that time NC will stop monitoring it's content.
- optimizations in FindFiles results fetching. Now it can bring up to 256k items without hanging up UI completely
Also, I've added ^G hotkey to as alternative to double-click in results table - to close FindFiles panel and go to the result item.
Also, some UI improvements were made there, like disabling text fields while searching.
- calculating directories sizes with respect to current sorting mode (http://filesmanager.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=94).
- NC will now remember it's last window state even if that dumb "Close windows..." checkbox is On (http://filesmanager.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=95).
- anonymous usage statistics gathering was added, NC can collect and send this data if you allow to. This information can help me a lot in further development and I would be grateful if you agree.
- support for activation with external license bought outside MacAppStore, albeit web pages are not ready yet (http://filesmanager.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=53).
Feedback is welcome!
Best regards,
Mike.
Love the new name! Nimble Commander sounds so much better than Files. Also great to know you'll support non-Mac App Store activations in the future. I never liked having to keep both versions of the app on my computer. It's messy and confusing.