Reviews of Altap Salamander Standard

1. 
   cpb

   Reviewing 2.5 (Aug 2, 2007)

   Have used this every day since 2003 for
   high volume file management, completely
   stable. Fast, non-stick ui. Elegant navigation.
   Only missing: in-pane quickview mode and tabs.
   Highly recommended if speed and reliability
   are most important.
2. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 2.5 RC2 (Oct 28, 2006)

   Got some minor interface bugs that sometimes are fixed after you save the config, exit and then restart the program.
   
   Like when I turn on Two Drive Bar and choose say Drive E:. It switches to E: ok but the drive bar still shows C: as being selected. Whenever it does that, I just close the thing, restart it and it usually fixes it.
   
   Same thing with Column Widths. I go into the C:\Windows\ folder and manually change the width of the Name/Ext column so that it expands wide enough to put the ATTR column just barely to the left of the scroll bar. I save the config. But sometimes when I go back to say C:\, the column width changes, even though I have turned Smart adjustment to off.
   
   I can't seem to find a way to have the viewing pane be like the one in PowerDesk - it always seems to open a new window instead of opening a view pane in the actual two panel interface itself. I'll keep looking for the option.
   
   It looks promising, but there does seem to be much fine-tuning work to do.
   
   I'll do a ton more testing over the 30 days of the evail and update as needed.
   
   BTW, tabbed config scenarios would be nice. :)
3. 
   Icfu

   Reviewing 2.5 RC2 (Oct 28, 2006)

   It looks as if Altap would really manage to release 2.5 before Duke Nukem Forever! What a happy day this will be for people speaking other languages than English, which has been the only available official language in five years of their beta sleeping period.
   
   * The dynamic F-keys bar at the bottom is a nice feature, but it's not configurable, doesn't autoadjust to the window width. Hard to understand why such obvious GUI bugs are not fixed.
   - Where are the tabs? Announced for a future version, that's just not tolerable for a commercial OFM in 2006.
   - The plugins integration is strange, a feeling as if you would call external applications. There are no plugin types with obvious similarities, it just looks as if several features had been separated from the core and thrown in a menu container.
   + Overall responsiveness and performance is very good.
   + The help file is excellent.
   
   If Altap would invest more time in developing instead of winning a beauty contest for the documentation, Servant Salamander would still be a member of the file manager elite probably. But, unfortunately these times seem to be over. Servant Salamander is middle class meanwhile, at best.
   
   No matter if you give it a try or not: Don't miss visiting their file manager comparison page where they compare their own "fresh" file manager with alternative outdated file managers or outdated versions of newer file managers, so it gives the wrong impression of being superior. Very funny actually, but nevertheless just poor marketing style of course.
4. 
   anomoly

   Reviewing 2.5 Beta 11 (Jan 31, 2006)

   I only have the FREE version 1.52. A must for any external (i.e. portable) drive. The only (explorer type) dual pane gui I know of that needs no install.
5. 
   tannenwheel

   Reviewing 2.5 Beta 11 (Jan 30, 2006)

   hey, i am a total commander user but i just like to give a few stars to salamander cause it just a neat piece of software. it feels like pastell molded soft plastik, wich is a uniqe and comfortable synesthetic impression that does not come with any other soft :p . also it is extremly usable. i used to love the laucher/parameter system (better than tcmd), though the menu could be more customizeable (worse than tcmd). downside is the plugin system. can't beat tcmd in that.

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