StepTree
StepTree, TreeMap Visualization of Harddrive & Files
This application draws on ideas from the last 15 or so years of research on a type of space filling visualization called Tree-Maps (first introduced in the early nineties by Ben Shneiderman). It is basically a Tree-Map ext.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
The official website now redirects to a random blog, and it seems the project has been abandoned.
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- Optimization
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Proprietary and Free Personal product.Pricing
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What is StepTree?
StepTree, TreeMap Visualization of Harddrive & Files
This application draws on ideas from the last 15 or so years of research on a type of space filling visualization called Tree-Maps (first introduced in the early nineties by Ben Shneiderman). It is basically a Tree-Map extended into three dimensions where the size of files and directories is mapped to area in the visualization. Thus the area of a directory in the visualization is an aggregate of the sizes of all its descendants (subdirectories and files).
Visualization tools of this type have been used to visualize everything from files systems, aggregates of huge datasets on customer activity, the daily price change of stocks on the stock market (by sector, country etc.) and individual trader performance.
My application is experimental and therefore limited to the visualization of file system hierarchies. For more generalized business intelligence visualization solutions along the lines described above (including scatter plots, heat maps, stacked area charts etc.) you you may want to check out Panopticon Software. S applications JobTimer and JustJot.
Comments and Reviews
Unique 3D Tree Maps! many options.
Cons: Super slow on C:\ (crashes with tooo many small files), limited control with mouse
[Edited by bakerx1998, May 23]
Great software. Even free version is very helpful and with good pack of features.