Dolphin vs. 
FreeCommander| Software | Choices | Pros | Cons | Publisher's description | #1 choices | Must-Haves | People | Rating | License | HomePage | OS |
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| #3 in File Manager #3 in FTP Client | Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. The main features of Dolphin are: * Navigation bar for URLs, which allows to navigate quickly through the file hierarchy * View properties are remembered for each folder * Split of views is supported * Network transparency * Undo functionality * Renaming of a variable number of selected items in one step Dolphin is not intended to be a competitor to Konqueror: Konqueror acts as universal viewer being able to show HTML pages, text documents, directories and a lot more, whereas Dolphin focuses on being only a file manager. This approach allows to optimize the user interface for the task of file management. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 | Free | http://dolphin.kde.org/ | Windows Linux | ||
| #15 in File Manager | FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD or USB-Stick - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer. Main features in FreeCommander: * Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical * Tabbed interface * Optional tree view for each panel * Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format * File viewer inside archives too * Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read) * Nested archive handling * Built in FTP client * Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu * Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders * Multi rename tool * Wipe files * Create and verify MD5 checksums * File splitting * File properties and context menu * Calculation of folder size * Folder comparison / synchronization * Modification of file date and attributes * Folder / program favorites * File searching (inside archive too) * File filters for display * User defined columns for detailed view * DOS command line * Multiple language support | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 | Free | http://www.freecommander.com/ | Windows |