BSCommander - yet another OFM
You might wonder what is OFM. Well,
it’s Orthodox File Manager:
http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_file_manager
Well, I just tested BSCommander 2.20 today. Install was almost
too easy, as Slackware package is available from slacky.it. It has many
useful options I couldn’t find in other similar programs and idea
with tabs is excellent and done properly. It uses Qt library and works
really fast (which can’t be said for Krusader and Konqueror and
many others). Keyboard shortcuts are setup very good (although not
configurable).
Famous Backspace key works, which is great.
The file list flashes a little when navigating directories, but I can
live with that. File copying and similar ops work quite good and overall
visual look is pleasing. It really has potential to become the best tool
in this category, but some stuff needs to be fixed first, and some
features need to be added:
One thing I can’t find is
how to make the opposite panel display the same directory as the
current one (can be done with Meta+o in mc). Many times I just need
to move/copy some file few directories up or down the hierarchy, so
this one is crucial for me.
Another useful option that is
lacking is ability to open terminal in current directory (or at
least execute command there). Most other programs of this kind
have that feature. It would also be useful with FTP to be able
to send some command to the server (for example, when I connect
to ftp on Windows server, I need to type “cd d:” to
access second partition).
One of the things that could be fixed
is that it doesn’t remember the position (selected directory) during
FTP session. It works properly on local disk though.
Also, it is
not possible to copy directories via FTP, which doesn’t really make
FTP support useful.
To conclude, very cute program with lot of
potential. However, I’m still looking for decent GUI ftp client
for linux…