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Utilizing C motivated me to create my own tech stack while developing Disk Voyager, a modern & fast file explorer. By writting everything from scratch I get to: - Hand tailor everything to my project needs. - Be in control of all code. - Avoid unnecesary bloat. (700kb single... show more

Vjekoslav Krajačić

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ᴍᴀᴛᴛɪᴀꜱ ᴍᴀʟᴍᴇʀ2 years ago

Killer feature: Ability to collapse numbered file sequences.

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Thanks, added to the list.

puppetmaster 🦀🧄🍉2 years ago

My biggest wish would be the ability to separate folders and files, with folders on the left and files on the right. ☺️

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Actually, I can see that being very useful. Thanks for the suggestion!

lv_pragma2 years ago

That's what I would have hoped to see in new versions of Windows. But no, they don't really make improvements.

Matthew Justice2 years ago

This looks nice! I saw your replies that the GUI was written from scratch - can you elaborate? Are you avoiding the Windows USER32 library altogether? Drawing everything yourself using GDI or Direct2D? I'm curious at what point do you interface with the OS.

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Thank you! Yes, I've built custom OpenGL renderer and UI system on top of it. I don't use GDI or any other Windows UI elements.

George 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿2 years ago

If I ever used windows I would definitely use this, very nice 👌

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

@takeiteqzy Ports to mac and linux are planned afterwards.

Lake2 years ago

Looks awesome! Might be a replacement to Opus Directory if it has the key features. I see the tab columns, do they move with the parent window? What about presets for layouts ( zoom, columns, sort, grouping ) based on folder & patterns ? (eg: **/build folders to be list view)

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

It's not exactly trying to be replacement for it. Opus Directory is more like a tool for power users. Disk Voyager is trying to be simple enough for most users, but at the same time be modern, fast and personalized. Layout is already saved and restored when you reopen window. Not sure what you mean by "move with parent window"?

Fareesh Vijayarangam2 years ago

GIF version of the tweet

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

😂

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

That's nice! I must say I didn't know about this one, and I've used plenty of file explorer alternatives. Is this new?

Nagy-Egri Máté2 years ago

Awesome stuff. Delighted to see projects that treat performance as a feature. I'd be a huge fan of but it's a constant letdown of trivial operations taking far too long and reports of perf regressions get closed without resolution.

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

I've tried Files several time over past 2 years, in good faith. It always felt way too sluggish for my taste. And slowness in file explorer is one of the major reasons why I started developing Disk Voyager in the first place.

Cameron DaCamara2 years ago

Does it play nice with symlinks, UTF16 names, and the filesystem extension to support long path names?

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Yes, symlinks and shortcuts are supported. I explicitly use unicode version of all functions that deal with filesystem, yielding in UTF16 results (which I convert to UTF8 for my rendering code).

𝕾𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖕𝖎𝖔𝖓2 years ago

I am impressed <3

Daniel2 years ago

Just subscribed for the alpha release 👍

Stormrage 🇺🇦2 years ago

Looks very smooth

AguDev2 years ago

Looks pretty, and smooooth.

jaivik2 years ago

amazing!! 🙌

@ChuckBaggett Chuck Baggett - Gulf of Mexico2 years ago

Look good.

🕷️2 years ago

Very cool.

Amine Rehioui2 years ago

I use OpusDirectory and this looks like a strong potential replacement. Especially if it works on Mac, so we can finally have the same file explorer experience everywhere! (I absolutely hate the explorer on Mac)

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Check this reply.

Daniel Jenikovský2 years ago

this is soooo nice

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Andreas I\I Grontved2 years ago

My goodness. Yes!

CuriousCat2 years ago

It's amazing! I wish your project a great success!

Umut Karakoç2 years ago

this is so good

kentin2 years ago

THIS is how it should be! Mind boggling how incredibly slow and sluggish the official file explorer is compared to this video! Incredible work!

Manuel Montoto2 years ago

Are you planing on releasing this for more platforms than Windows?

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Yes. But only after Windows version is stable.

Mac Orion2 years ago

Do thumbnail image previews work with that?

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Not yet, but it is planned for alpha.

Coty Getzelman2 years ago

Maybe a dumb question, but does drag/drop work with windows and other applications too? Shift right click for opening terminal in folder?

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Yes and yes. Drag and drop is important aspect of integrating into your daily OS workflow.

Simplex2 years ago

@ryanjfleury Does it support shell extensions like 7zip, p4, or any kind of shit? (Bonus if it scans the already installed shell extensions and integrates them seamlessly)

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

@ryanjfleury Those should work out of the box with right click context menu.

bloeys2 years ago

Very cool! Looking forward to the release Btw is the UI also custom built or are you using something like imgui?

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

It's custom built. Inspired and motivated by UI series written by @ryanjfleury

Tobin Cavanaugh2 years ago

Alternating line colors option, please!

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Yes, you can do that.🙂

abi2 years ago

please do live code.

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

@kakapo256 It's on my list.🙂

Javi Bravo | VFX2 years ago

👏👏👏 file explorer of windows is broken 🤦

Vjekoslav Krajačić2 years ago

Yeah. It's beyond repair...

Matija2 years ago

@ryanjfleury Cool gif! It would be good if the zoom/size slider you demo made the text size larger rather than making the icons larger (probably it can do both). Larger text is more readable but larger (non-image) icons doesn't really do much (except making things easier to click)

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