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So not only are we building File Pilot as a solid File Explorer alternative, we might actually be nudging improvements to it as well! That's a win either way.

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Bell4 months ago

You should renew that certificate I was trying to check if it's gotten any updates since last I checked

Vjekoslav Krajačić's profile picture
Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

It's already renewed, must've caught it right as it expired. Should be working now.

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Bell4 months ago

It's still messed up for me right now, weird

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Kenny Carlsson4 months ago

@vkrajacic Same here

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

@EnbyBell Should be fixed now.

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Sebastian Gross👨🏻‍💻4 months ago

Hi! Can you please force Apple to upgrade finder from complete shit show to usable next? Asking for a friend👉👈

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

File Pilot will get there, don't worry. I recently purchased a Mac mini to do a bit of exploration.

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Shinai 死ない4 months ago

This guy either knows something or he is completely a moron 💀 who would buy a "file explorer". "Access to VIP channel" 💀💀💀💀

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

These are site licenses intended for businesses. They're per employee (10x), and each employee can install it on as many machines as they need. Pro is more expensive because it includes lifetime updates. Priority support (VIP) is just a bonus perk. Check the pricing FAQ.

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Sam H Smith4 months ago

Now the question becomes. Should you stop the free beta in order to make more money? I suspect that they will not be capable of improving things so you need not worry.

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Beta ends when the features planned for version 1 on the roadmap are covered, hopefully in the next few months.

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M4 months ago

Right now, Deep in a lab at Microsoft

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Patrick Kuhnke4 months ago

Create software you made there 🫡

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Jacob4 months ago

Congrats! What do you think the chances are that they out-perform FP?

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

I don't think it's that hard to match FP's indexing performance (at least it shouldn't be for a company with as many resources as Microsoft). But there are other parts, like a responsive UI, that tie it all together into a nice, cohesive program. And that requires careful architecture behind the scenes, from memory and threading to string processing etc. Not sure how deep they'll go. Also worth mentioning is that they have to maintain backward compatibility, while I don't, for the most part.

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ً4 months ago

ive just found out about this app because of this post, and man how have i been living without this, this should just be adopted as the default on windows

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Oso Curioso4 months ago

The power of good ole C code

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Rasul Seidagul4 months ago

Deep inside the Microsoft the CEO be shouting like: “Vjekoslav was able to build THIS in a CAVE! With a box of SCRAPS! Make it FAST NOW!”

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Joshua the son of Nun4 months ago

Nice! Your work is awesome!

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Vivy⚡4 months ago

Hey just wanna notice to you that on systems without gpu, filepilpot is terrible, with >1s render delay and like 15fps scrolling while file explorer handles this perfectly fine. Also when browsing folders, dont clear the file view *until* you got the new list -> flicker

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Is this VM? Can you give me your specs?

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Vivy⚡4 months ago

Yeah its a VM OS: Build 29574 (same perf on 26100) CPU: 16x 5950x 32GB Ram Graphics SW Rasterized with d3dwarp (Can handle 3D games and scenes, browsers etc just fine)

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Next version brings support for Direct3D which has proper simulation layer for this.

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Vivy⚡4 months ago

tested it and it is a lot better! there is still *some latency but its usable :)

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Venkat Dinavahi4 months ago

If you retire one day and decide to create a course on writing fast software, I will buy it.

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Bollard4 months ago

Would it be possible for the Inspector to support displaying images with their correct rotation? Loving File Pilot btw

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Yes, coming with the next version.

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Bollard4 months ago

Incredible! Thank you! I just wish I could use FilePilot at work now 😅

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Stubborn Mule4 months ago

It's weird that it took a 3rd party File Explorer to make them change the current.

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Charlie4 months ago

File Pilot is awesome.

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Daniel 🦔4 months ago

I hope you get paid well for your efforts though.

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Nebojsa Djordjevic4 months ago

I'd like more proper Norton/Win...TotalCommander tool instead of that.

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Build one.

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Soul King4 months ago

How is it so fast?

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Wetboy4 months ago

Probably would be way easier for them to just license FilePilot than trying to recreate the magic.

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vaso4 months ago

Whens other languages support?

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borrowck-novel4 months ago

It is something mentioned from Windows Central which is a very untrustworthy publication. Something like Lunduke for windows.

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Carlos Lisboa4 months ago

They should just ship FP as a replacement 😅

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Arif Hussin4 months ago

Truly amazing software! My suggestion: ​Sticky Sorting: The app should remember and automatically apply the last used sort method (e.g., Date or Name) upon relaunch. ​Persistent Priority: Allow the 'Folders First' (or Files First) preference to be saved so it doesnt reset.

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

Check the lock icon in the header.

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Sintax4 months ago

@spacedriveapp works good enough for me.

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

@spacedriveapp Last public version I tried behaved worse on Windows than file explorer. Not sure if they've updated it since.

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Erdem4 months ago

Drag and drop actions needs improvement. As an example I can't drop files to folders using filezilla. Other than that Im having a blast using FilePilot. Amazing tool!

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Julius J. III4 months ago

I tend to prefer Dolphin as a KDE user, but this looks awesome!! Any plans for a linux port?

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Митя Чукотский4 months ago

Build a replacement for the whole explorer.exe

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Kokosu4 months ago

No sería mala idea que en los íconos pequeños se pudiese ver todo el nombre del archivo, yo más digo (todo bien por lo demas)

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

@KokosuSteel Yes, that's a planned feature.

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Steve4 months ago

One up them so they won’t ever catch up. More competition helps all consumers

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Kyrylo Kovalenko4 months ago

Your site certificate has expired.

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HTV4 months ago

Can u fix utf8 in Vietnamese ?

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Vjekoslav Krajačić4 months ago

On the roadmap.

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