Total Commander 7.00 public beta 1 is available

[rjbull]

Total Commander 7.00 public beta 1 is available for download and testing:  http://www.ghisler.com/700beta.htm

Available from:

  *  Techspot
  *  fileforum.betanews.com
  *  fileburst (your firewall needs to let pass the referer header)

From the Techspot site:

WARNING: This is a beta version. This means that it has been tested only by a small group of alpha testers. You should use this version only with data for which you have a backup, especially the new functions like zipping of files >2GB!

What's new?
This is the latest version of Total Commander giving a sneak peek of what's coming for 7.0. The list of changes is huge, but here's a good overview of what has changed:

- Please report bugs in the beta bugs forum.
- Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer)
- Separate background color can be set for odd and even lines
- Compare by content now allows to edit files, and to re-synchronize manually
- Separate tree panel: Either one for both file panels, or one for each
- Lister now supports a text cursor, allows to center images, and resize only larger
- Change attributes allows to use/change content plugin values
- File operation logging
- Show drive letter in folder tabs
- File system plugins can now support custom columns and thumbnails
- Multi-rename-tool: Allow to edit target names directly
- More options in copy overwrite dialog: Compare by content, Rename target, automatic rename, copy all smaller or all larger
- Exclude directories in "Show"-"Custom...", e.g. with *.* | .cvs\
- Increased maximum command line length to 8191 (XP) and 2047 characters (Windows 2000), respectively
- Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns
- Auto-complete path in command line, current directory, copy dialog etc.
- Use Shift+Del to remove unwanted entries from various comboboxes: Command line, search function, multi-rename-tool etc.
- Secure FTP over SSL/TLS, enter the URL as follows: ftps://ftp.servername.com . Needs openssl dlls stored in Totalcmd directory (not included for legal reasons).
- Custom user-defined commands for main menu and hotkeys
- Alias commands for the command line for internal commands or external programs
- Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields
- When a copy/move/delete/create directory operation fails due to insufficient rights, ask user whether he wants to copy as administrator. Also allow a user to give himself permanent read rights to a directory if he knows the administrator password.
- Create ZIP archives > 2GB
- and many more...

[Dirhael]

Just tested it, and like what I'm seeing. No longer is Total Commander one of the ugliest file-managers available, although I'd still prefer it if it would use my Windows icons for files/folders instead of bundling its own custom ones. Whether or not I'm buying the application depends on how the final version turns out, but as I just bought Dopus a couple of days ago, I can't see myself switching back to TC anytime soon.

[dk70]

If this continues I guess TC website will go all web2 soon!

Useful and needed progress for sure.

[tslim]

> - Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns

I wonder whether this new ver sort subfolders.
I remember my previous test on TC 6.xx, when I click on [Date] column, only files are sorted by date, the subfolders are not.

[dk70]

Configuration, Display, Sorting Directories - tick "Like files (also by time)"

[lanux128]

• Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer)

a good thing too, catching up with the current look. how about a screenshot?