Anytime I see this stuff, I get nostalgic for Norton Commander (it was HUGE in the USSR when I was a kid learning computers in the late 80s and early 90s)
But somehow the reality of how I - and I think most people - use computers today is very different. I don't find myself navigating a shallow directory hierarchy and making file operations too often. A part of it is that all the stuff is in the cloud or at least connected to applications (eg: I am more likely to navigate my coding projects from an IDE than from Shell/MC)
And when I administer eg my home linux system, it seems more likely that I jump to a random far-away directory or edit a specific file, rather than navigating the filesystem MC stye.
I am curious how people are using computers today that MC-like interface is still most suitable.
I use MC all the item for both work and personal (and was using NC back in the day before MC). I find it much faster/more productive than all the GUI file explorers I've tried.
Recursively find files -> Panelize alone is worth the price of admission.
Multi-file select.
Two-panel for easy moving/copying files, including to cloud/remote/ssh drives (just mount them).
Quickly go back to previously visited folders in your history.
Compare folders.
etc etc
> I jump to a random far-away directory
Esc-C and type in the path. I do it all the time in MC.
> or edit a specific file
Navigate to folder (above), type first letters of filename to find it, press F4 to edit.
But somehow the reality of how I - and I think most people - use computers today is very different. I don't find myself navigating a shallow directory hierarchy and making file operations too often. A part of it is that all the stuff is in the cloud or at least connected to applications (eg: I am more likely to navigate my coding projects from an IDE than from Shell/MC)
And when I administer eg my home linux system, it seems more likely that I jump to a random far-away directory or edit a specific file, rather than navigating the filesystem MC stye.
I am curious how people are using computers today that MC-like interface is still most suitable.