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   Review - RegexBuddy

   3.4.1 (Mar 28, 2010)

   This app is good at what it does. But the developer does an *extremely* poor job of being responsive to his users. If his software doesn't do something well, or could do something better - you'd be lucky to get a reply to your email, let alone actually have the developer incorporate the improvements. I absolutely cannot stand developers who ignore the needs and requests of their users. If he doesn't care about his users, why should we care about him?

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   Review - EditPad Pro for Windows

   6.6.2 (Mar 28, 2010)

   EditPad Pro has the best RegEx support of any text editor. However, it doesn't support scripting, the way UltraEdit does. It also doesn't support user configured keyboard shortcuts, the way UltraEdit does. But the absolute *WORST* part of this software is that the developer does an *extremely* poor job of being responsive to his users. If his software doesn't do something well, or could do something better - you'd be lucky to get a reply to your email, let alone actually have the developer incorporate the improvements. I absolutely cannot stand developers who ignore the needs and requests of their users. If he doesn't care about his users, why should we care about him?

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   Review - XYplorer

   7.00.0000 (Apr 14, 2008)

   I've tried all the major (and not so major) file managers out there (Directory Opus, PowerDesk, Xplorer2, etc...). Of all of them, XYplorer is the most polished, well thought out, and well supported. There are a few things that the general description doesn't mention. First of all, XYplorer has a very powerful file search (supporting Boolean, RegEx, content search, and more). It's also portable (meaning that it stores nothing in the registry, doesn't require an installation routine, and only requires the files in it's directory in order to run), which means that it can be used with tremendous ease from a flash drive. It also supports Portable File Associations, so you can set your own custom file associations, and even point them to other applications on your flash drive. There is no other file manager that can do this, to my knowledge.
   
   In addition, unlike most other software companies, the developer of XY maintains a close relationship with the users - bugs are fixed almost immediately, and feature requests are taken very seriously. If a feature request is easy to implement, and is a good idea, they are often implemented within a matter of days. How many other developers can you say that for?
   
   The single and only real issue I ever had with XY was the lack of Dual Pane. However, the developer has agreed to implement it in the next release (v8.0), and there is a discussion on their forum right now, discussing the specifics of how they would like it implemented:
   
   http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=2293
   
   This is truly the cream of the crop of file managers.