Marta, file manager for macOS, goes beta

Re:Marta, file manager for macOS, goes beta by yanex on Saturday March 31, 2018 @04:28AM (#16722365)

Marta is not inspired by fman. The Action panel (I think it's called a Command palette in fman) is likely to be the only common thing between our products – and we both took it from Sublime Text. But it's not really important.

The "doesn't feel native" is not the main problem for me. I use a number of non-native apps (such as IJ IDEA) – and I'm okay with it.

fman is a just slow app without features. It was ok if it was in alpha stages, but why it is a paid product then? Come on, there's still no way to cancel the copy process! And you need to install a third-party plugin to swap panes. I wonder how you made such a small progress since the last year, considering that you work on fman full-time.

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Re:Marta, file manager for macOS, goes beta by mherrmann on Saturday March 31, 2018 @07:33AM (#16722848)

You're focused on "features". Given your limited time, that makes sense. But a successful project requires more. I have been working on many things that are less visible (besides the fact that I'm supporting three times as many platforms). This affects things like the number of plugins contributed by users (fman has 10x those of Marta). Or the activity on the issue tracker (compare fman's [1] with Marta's [2], where - except for the past 24 hours - virtually all issues are by you). You're right that fman can improve in terms of features and speed. It will. But those things are just the tip of the iceberg.

[1]: https://github.com/fman-users/fman/issues

[2]: https://github.com/marta-file-manager/marta-issues/issues

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Re:Marta, file manager for macOS, goes beta by yanex on Saturday March 31, 2018 @03:50PM (#16724842)

I was going to post the detailed answer to your message, but I realized it won't make any sense.

I won't argue with you. I only say that envy is bad for your health.

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