Favorite (and recent access) list features                                  
                                           
Application   FileBox   Direct   Speed   QuickFolders   Dialog Box   PS Hot   AutoDialogs   Folder   File-Ex    
Feature  [1] eXtender  [2] Folders  [3] Folder  [4]    [5] Assistant  [6] Folders  [7]    [8] Express  [9]    [10]  
Access lists via    No   No   No[11]   Yes[12]   No   No   No   Yes   No    
Right-click menu               On diag title line                        
  50[13]   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   6   0  
Access lists via   Yes   Yes   No   Yes   Yes   Yes[14]   Yes   Yes   No    
hotkey               Strictly Alt-Space                        
  50[15]   8[16]   8[17]   0   6   4[18]   8   8[19]   8[20]   0  
Access lists via   No   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   No   No    
a slider bar                                        
  40[21]   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0  
Access lists via[22]   Yes   Yes   No   Yes   No   Yes   Yes   Yes   No    
buttons added to       Buttons do not       Right-click [Help]                        
or on win title line       diaplyed nicely[23]                                
  40[24]   8[25]   8[26]   0   6   0   6   6   6   0  
Access lists via    No   No   No   Yes   Yes   No   No   No   Yes    
buttons added to                                    Insert buttons at[27]    
dialog toolbar/body                                   bottom of dialog    
  30[28]   0   0   0   6   6   0   0   0   4  
Access lists via   Yes[29]   Yes   No   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   Yes   No    
tray icon                                        
  10[30]   0   6   0   8[31]   6   8[32]   6   8[33]   0  
Group folders on   Yes   Yes   No[34]   No[35]   No   Yes   Yes   Yes   No    
favorite list                                        
  50   6   6   0   0   0   6   6   6   0  
Expand sub folders[36]   No   No   No   No   No   No   No   Yes[37]   No    
instead of jump to                                        
  10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0  
Multiple lists[38]   No   No   No   No   Yes   No   No   No   Yes    
(Appl dependent)                                        
  40   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   0   6[39]  
Support recent used[40]   Yes[41]   Yes   No   Yes   Yes   Yes   No   Yes   Yes    
folders                                        
  30   6   6   0   6   6   6   0   6   6[42]  
Able to set recent[43]   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   No   No   Yes    
folder spec length                                        
  10   0   6   0   0   6   0   0   0   6  
Support drag and[44]   Yes   No   Yes   No   No   Yes   No   No   No    
drop                                        
  30   6   0   6   0   0   6   0   0   0  
Allow URL and   No[45]   No   Yes   No   Hardly work[46]   No   Yes[47]   Yes[48]   No    
LNK as menu item                                        
  30   0   0   6   0   0   0   6   6   0  
Marks     1380   1320   600   1280   920   1380   1180   1740   600  
Previous sheet     1280   1060   1200   1240   1020   1200   1360   1080   920  
Total     2660   2380   1800   2520   1940   2580   2540   2820   1520  
                                           
[1]
Author:
Porgrams are arranged in the discending order of their last release date.
[2]
Author:
This column marks the points assign to each feature, the higher the more important a feature is:

Status                       Points
-------                       -------
Critically/Mandatory     50
Very useful                 40
Useful                        30
Deserve a bonus         10
Not relevant                 0          
[3]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[4]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[5]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[6]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[7]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[8]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[9]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[10]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[11]
Author:
Here is how stars are allocated for each application, in term of how good a function is being provided:

Excellent          10
Good                 8
Exact                 6
Close to             4
Poor                  2
Miss                  0

Exact means it does what is expected in a feature.

The penalty of missing a feature is slightly greater than then gain of doing something excellently.
[12]
Author:
Greatest missing feature
[13]
Author:
Even though not in the filebox blank area, but yes in the title line, I think it is as easy
[14]
Author:
Easy, do not need to presicely target on a button or icon to bring up the favorite list
[15]
Author:
That is the hotkey set for root
[16]
Author:
Easy, do not need to presicely target on a button or icon to bring up the favorite list
[17]
Author:
Additional marks are given because the hotkey is user definable
[18]
Author:
Additional marks are given because the hotkey is user definable
[19]
Author:
Only for common folders not per application folders
[20]
Author:
Additional marks are given because the hotkey is user definable
[21]
Author:
Additional marks are given because the hotkey is user definable
[22]
Author:
Easy, do not need to presicely target on a button or icon to bring up the favorite list.

However,
a) Using keyboard become very difficult
b) It will not be accessable is the front end window is "Always on top"
c) What if there is a need of another program which also slide on top of screen? (If it is the case of Hotkey, we can always assigned a diff one)
[23]
Author:
Be it additional buttons added along side to the standard [Min], [Max] and [Close] buttons or
Right-click on that 3 standard buttons
[24]
Author:
Unless standard font size is used for win title
[25]
Author:
Easy but need to target buttons
[26]
Author:
2 buttons add to title lines for Fav list and  history list. The idea of separate into 2 buttons is great

Adding button to a win title bar is a clever idea.
It simply mean author can choose to support specific program to "browse to a folder" when no Open/Save dialog is being pop up.
E.g. This program can support "Total commander" It simply place those access button on Total commander's title bar. So user can simply clcik the button and has the latter browse to a selected folder.
[27]
Author:
2 buttons add to title lines for Fav list and  history list. The idea of separate into 2 buttons is great

Adding button to a win title bar is a clever idea.
It simply mean author can choose to support specific program to "browse to a folder" when no Open/Save dialog is being pop up.
E.g. This program can support "Total commander" It simply place those access button on Total commander's title bar. So user can simply clcik the button and has the latter browse to a selected folder.
[28]
Author:
Instead of a goo idea, this has made it difficult to handle ALL kind of dialogs.
I think this is the greatest problem maker of the program...
E.g. It can't handle Visual FoxPro dialog. As a side effect, many appl need to be trained. While ability to train appl is a good feature the frequent need to train is not. Most of the time, training is required not because a dialog is special, instead is due to the modification to the dialog (i.e. this feature can't never be implemented easily)
[29]
Author:
Must target the button.

While placing access buttons on the toolbar make things clear and beautiful, putting the button on win title bar has added advantage. See comment on "Direct Folder"

The button is inserted to the dialog itself. I am against the idea of modifying structure of dialog (can easily cause instability), controling dialog behaviour is OK but adding items inside the body of the dialog is not really a comfortable thing.
[30]
Author:
I purposely make it 0 point here to contra for the missing feature:
Option to start with Windows.
[31]
Author:
Must target tray icon, must make tray icon available, must have the standard system tray on screeen
[32]
Author:
Can control what to be shown (history or menu or both)
[33]
Author:
Supports pop up menu by mouse hoove over and can control display format
[34]
Author:
Can control what to be displayed with the tray menu in detail
[35]
Author:
I think this is the greatest missing feature for this program
[36]
Author:
I think this is the greatest missing feature for this program
[37]
Author:
If a folder is added to Fav list and it contains sub folders. User can opt to list its sub folders (sort or unsort, instead of jumping to it) when it is clicked.

This feature is fantastic in case you have serveral folders to jump about and it happens that all of them are under the same parent folder. Instead of having all these folders added one by one to the Fav list, you need only to add the "Parent" folder.

Note: Switching sub folder in the dialogs file list area is diff from picking the right sub folder directly from Fav list.
[38]
Author:
Unique feature
[39]
Author:
Where each application can be assigned a diff fav list and or recent used list
[40]
Author:
The ability in training each application in this program is not taken as bonus because they are more on a cure to fundamental flaw in the program design rather then user's need.

Simply because list buttons are added to the extended area at the bottom of dialog and the lists are strictly combo list rather then something more advance which support grouping, a more detail control is therefore inevitable.
[41]
Author:
1. Must have folders history + optional file history
2. Must be able to control the max# recorded

Standard requirement mean both 1. and 2. must be present.
[42]
Author:
There is no file history
[43]
Author:
The detail in controling recent list in this program is not taken as bonus because they are more on a cure to fundamental flaw in the program design rather then user's need.

Simply because list buttons are added to the extended area at the bottom of dialog and the lists are strictly combo list rather then something more advance which support grouping, a more detail control is therefore inevitable.
[44]
Author:
This make it possible to control the lenth of the display for recent folder spec.
[45]
Author:
Means user can drag a folder from anyway and have it drop as a folder on the FAV list
[46]
Author:
Even though one can drag and drop a "shortcut to folder" to the FAV list, but it is not stored as a shortcut (it is converted to the absolute address then stored)
[47]
Author:
Can't take the LNK file, instead it converts it to absolute path for adding.
If URL file is added, it always fail to valid the path. I have adjusted such that it can make DNS search and HTTP outbound. I don't know whatelse it wants. So it is considered not a fully functional feature.
[48]
Author:
Even though LNK and URL are not supported, but it supports path in Registry editor. So to be fair I give equal points to both.
[49]
Author:
Besides folders, this program also handles files being accessed. Some might find the access menu messy, with the addition file access options, luckily, those can be turn off.