Altap Salamander
A small and two-pane file manager with open plugin architecture. Has the ability to view content of files (text, html, over 40 picture formats, mp3), support for archives (zip, rar, arj, cab, tar/gzip, etc.), and (S)FTP support.
Features
- Dual Pane Support
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- SSH
- Lightweight
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Built-in viewer
- Support for SFTP
- File Compression
- Customizable
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- Read-Create-Motivate liked Altap Salamander
mopsbublic added Altap Salamander as alternative to Phone Drive
fris added Altap Salamander as alternative to Open Salamander- wuzu reviewed Altap Salamander
For me, Altap Salamander is the one I can work with best among all the Explorer alternatives I have tested. For example, I have tried FreeCommander and Double Commander as alternatives, but have always returned to Altap Salamander.
The reasons why I am looking for alternatives are:
- it does not cope with Unicode.
- it does not seem to be developed any further.
I would like to see other explorers follow Altap Salamander's usability.
- fris reviewed Altap Salamander
Whee! Middle toolbar! At last. The interface is not as slick as Dopus though. Integrated SSH/SCP support in the 32 bit version.
- fris liked Altap Salamander
POX added Altap Salamander as alternative to Fover
Ituaf added Altap Salamander as alternative to ExplorerEx
Comments and Reviews
Altap Salamander is the most consistent and practical application I have ever worked with. It is always open on my desktop.
It has clean, uncluttered graphical interface. Almost every aspect of UI and behavior can be customized.
It has a set of very useful plugins, some of which I use very often: Text Viewer, Database Viewer, PictView (which can make a Screen Capture), Batch File Renamer; or from time to time: Disk Map, File Undelete and others.
The only drawback I experience is the lack of unicode support in Text Viewer, though Database Viewer supports unicode.
All in all, I like this application very much.
Whee! Middle toolbar! At last. The interface is not as slick as Dopus though. Integrated SSH/SCP support in the 32 bit version.
Performance and RAM usage are very good. Lots of advanced features for being free. All good. 😀
But ..
No tree view, no bookmarks or Favorites, no multi-tab bar. 😧
In terms of basic navigation, this is a huge downside. Imagine that you are a user who has to go back and forth between a lot of folders. You can't pin as a tab, nor can you bookmark it. Only double panels should solve this problem. Or you'll have to search the forums for a while for possible special plugins and difficult-to-use procedures.
I may not be able to find the basic navigation features I mentioned above. But that just proves that the UX is a mess. I spent enough time looking for those features. If I'm wrong, please point it out in a reply.
For me, Altap Salamander is the one I can work with best among all the Explorer alternatives I have tested. For example, I have tried FreeCommander and Double Commander as alternatives, but have always returned to Altap Salamander.
The reasons why I am looking for alternatives are:
I would like to see other explorers follow Altap Salamander's usability.
I find the WinMerge option confusing. It seems to work sometimes, but not all the times
I'm still searching for a viable alternative to Altap Salamander on Mac.