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- Short: Start button and explorer in one. Fast.
- Uploader: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
- Author: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
- Version: 1.6
- Status: GiftWare
- Type: util/wb
- Requires: AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v8.0, Reqtools.library v38.1436, wbrun.
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- Introduction:
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- OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However,
- with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait
- for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are
- shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are
- created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot
- faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus.
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- Features:
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- · Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and
- performing file management (copy, rename, delete, etc.).
- · Multiple items can be selected to operate upon.
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- · Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats.
- · Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype.
- · Shows 1/8 size thumbnails for Jpeg pictures, created on the fly.
- · Can scale all icons/thumbnails to a specified size.
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- Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because:
- · Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages".
- · Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file
- of the same type.
- · You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading.
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- · Files and directories can be added to a hotlist for quicker access;
- they are also added automatically to the "Open with" and "Copy to" submenus.
- · Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have
- one hotlist opening another and that one another, ...
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- · Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in
- the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info"
- for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an
- "EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool.
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- · Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation.
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- Version History
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- Important: a lot of changes have happened, be sure to read the documentation!
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- Dynamite 1.6:
- · Icons are now scaled to fit the area specified by the MINX, MINY tooltypes.
- · Thumbnails are scaled to fit the area specified by the PICX, PICY tooltypes.
- · Finally thumbnails are displayed ok under all circumstances.
- · Shift-clicking items will only select them (multiple selection mode).
- · In multiple selection mode, Copy, Rename, Delete, etc. will operate on
- all selected files. In this mode, Delete displays a confirmation requester.
- · Added "Select all" to popup menu to select all items.
- · The "Copy to" feature now really copies and "Move to" will move (rename if
- possible) a file or directory. Hold shift when opening menu for "Move" mode.
- · A tool can be specified with the EDIT tooltype from a default icon, that is
- added to the "Open with" menu when opened on a file of the appropriate type.
- · Icons changed by the "ConvertNewIcons" and "ConvertMagicWBIcons" utilities
- are now displayed without redrawing the whole window.
- · Clicking on a file without an icon/thumbnail loaded will also load the image.
- · Removed bug in auto rename feature (files without extension with dot in path)
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- Dynamite 1.5:
- · Bugs introduced in 1.4 fixed: item selection was screwed up on window scrolling
- and thumbnails were freed that just weren't there.
- · On activating/deactivating the window, the current item will always get
- selected/deselected, popping the window to front when appropriate.
- · Added "Open with->default" to popup menus to open file with default viewer.
- · Now the "Open with->other" and "Copy to->other" features will automatically
- add the chosen tool/directory to the most recent hotlist as well.
- · Added hidden feature: opening a Jpeg picture with less than 4MB free Fast
- memory will first send a "CloseAll" Arexx message to ViewToolPPC.
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- Dynamite 1.4:
- · Thumbnails are now also scaled. Still a little flaky when the browser window
- is not frontmost (lack of color).
- · Files and directories are now separately sorted, directories are shown first.
- · Items can be sorted by name, date or size. File sizes and dates are shown
- when appropriate. Added submenu to change sorting mode.
- · Changed the popup menus a little: now includes a submenu for icons that
- contains "Info...", "Delete", "ConvNewIcon" and "ConvMWBIcon" where
- appropriate. The OS3.5 converticons tools are run for icon conversions.
- · Icon submenu and "Rename" option are disabled for devices.
- · When scrolling a browser window, icon/thumbnail loading will continue with
- the first visible icon when the mouse is released, skipping others.
- · When the mouse exits a browser window at the bottom, the window will only
- close if it's the main hotlist window (so windows don't close on requesters).
- · When toggling scaling on/off, window sizes are now correctly adjusted.
- · BugFix: tooltypes MULTIPLY and DIVIDE were defined instead of SCALEMUL and
- SCALEDIV.
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