Total Commander GUI evolutions

[Kowalski]

i hate skins!!! skins are for babies . i hate such things which does nothing accept eating up system resources. say no to skin support

[Nightburn]

Yea - no on skin support, absolutly no point with programs such as windowsblinds and themes for XP.

However, one option I would like to see is the ability to make a custom "tileable" background for the window panes in TC. Much like what miranda IM has.

[Ivan Moratinos]

i hate skins!!! skins are for babies . i hate such things which does nothing accept eating up system resources. say no to skin support

Me too.

[havanna]

Ok, let those have skins who want them - I don't.
As long as Christian can/wants to spare time for it.

[Boofo]

I say don't add anything that doesn't improve the functionality of a program. Make the room available for additions that will maximize it's usefullness, not it's looks. Just my 3 1/2 cents (inflation) worth.

[tombik]

Hi!

What could happen with skins is that TC will not fit on a single 1,44 disk.
And that wouldn´t be very nice.

Tombik

[oblomov]

Uhm. I have the impression that the TC6 install already fits barely?

[avis]

Skins means: more complicated code, more ways to implement errors, more to test. I would like to keep TC efficient.

[Lefteous]

Take a look at the screenshot. Do we really need a "TC skin system"? I don't think so.

[SanskritFritz]

Take a look at the screenshot. Do we really need a "TC skin system"? I don't think so.

Agreed. And I like the comment above the screenshot, lol

[joro_abv]

I'd like to have a smaller/cleaner interface
Absolutely !!! Please, do it ! This is the major remark I have - TC's workspace is not flexible at all. I can't even put the toolbar and the menubar on one row ! Don't forget to put the command line in a draggable toolbar too.
Other bad point for me is the obsolete look of TC - the tree view, for example, looks even like the win3.1 file manager !!! This can be fixed by simlpy adding WinXP visual styles support. NO SKINS , please. Just add the visual styles and some modern icons for the toolbar.

[Lefteous]

2joro_abv

the tree view, for example, looks even like the win3.1 file manager !!! This can be fixed by simlpy adding WinXP visual styles support.

Adding visual style support to a custom drawn control is possible, but it's definetely not simple!

[joro_abv]

Well, I don't have an idea how it's made, I just know that the others do it and it looks good, isn't ?! Btw, SpeedCommander (www.speedproject.de) is very close to what I like, but TC's functionnality is better. Especially the plug-ins concept is one of it's best advantages. But, guys, it's really ugly! Don't get me wrong - even with this look/workspace it's the best file manager I've tried (and, believe me, I've tried a lot of them). But my point is : the fans that like the current TC can always make it look like it looks now. Why then loose the others (like me), who want it more flexible ? When I launch it, it gets me years back with this obsolete look. I'm wondering - U're throwing so much efforts to make TC's functionality flexible with this highy editable toolbar, plug-ins etc, and suddenly ... the user can't even change the place of same this toolbar ... I really can't understand this.

[Ivan Moratinos]

In my TC I don't use the button bar, I don't use drive buttons, the command line is not shown (when I want to type a command I press the right-arrow and the command line automatically appears), I don't need the function keys to be shown (I know the keys I need); so my TC is quite clean and clear. I don't need icons in the menus (I can read) and definitely I don't need skins.

I don't need the TC to be cool, I need it to be fast and handy. If you don't like its look use windowblinds or whatever. The only thing I miss is the possibility of having the tabs under the file list (I hope it will be implemented soon)

[raeubi]

I need it to be fast and handy

I agree. I need the TC for professional use at work. It must be fast and small!