Although it may be natural for new users, I find it rather irritating to
be wade through overlapping, screen-hogging folder windows.
Current features
Future features
I prefer the dual-pane model of the Windows Explorer. So, I've tried to
adopt Explorer features while using the conventions of the BeOS Tracker.
On the left-side of the window you have a list of folders & volumes
anchored by the Desktop folder. On the right-side, you'll find the
list of files & folders available in the folder selected on the left.
The separator in the middle is draggable so both panes can be resized.
Both the tree-view and file-view are on separate threads from the
main window. This means you can expand multiple folders at the
same time with no significant delays. In addition, independent threads
are used for all copy and move operations.
I've always preferred the method of copying or moving files in two
steps to drag-and-drop. Pioneer uses the standard key-combinations
for shortcuts.
Windows are displayed to indicate the progress of any file cut, copy
or paste operation. These windows do not prevent the user to continue
using the parent instance of Pioneer.
File properties such as date, time & size are displayed in a format
similar to the Tracker 'Get info' window.
Double-click on a file and the associated application will be launched.
Any file operations performed in other applications or using Tracker
will update views in Pioneer.