Folder/Item dependent features                                    
                                           
Application   FileBox   Direct   Speed   QuickFolders   Dialog Box   PS Hot   AutoDialogs   Folder   File-Ex    
Feature  [1] eXtender   Folders  [2] Folder  [3]    [4] Assistant  [5] Folders  [6]    [7] Express  [8]    [9]  
  Display full folder   No   Yes[10]   No   No   No   No   No   No[11]   Yes    
  path spec[12]                                        
  50   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   6  
Assign icon per[13]   No   Yes   Yes   Yes[14]   Yes   No[15]   Yes   Yes   No    
folder       Poorly implemented[16]                                
  40   0   2   6   6   6   0   6   6   0  
Per folder hotkey   No   No   Yes   No   No   Yes   Yes   Yes   No    
                                         
  40   0   0   6   0   0   6   6   6   0  
  Accelerate key   Yes[17]   No[18]   No   No   Yes   Yes   No   Mnemonic key[19]   No    
  per folder                                        
  40   3   0   0   0   2[20]   2[21]   0   6   0  
Default folder   No   Yes[22]   No   No   No   No   No   No   No    
per application                                        
  30   0   6[23]   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
Alternative path[24]   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   No   Yes   No    
  per folder       Press Shift+Click                       Press Shift+Click[25]        
  10   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   6   0  
  Folder Filter[26]   No[27]   Yes   No   No   No   No   No   Yes   Yes    
                                      Per appl basic    
  30   0   6   0   0   0   0   0   6   6[28]  
  Display folder[29]   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   No   No   No    
  filter (if any)                                        
  30   0   2[30]   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  
  Manage SendTo[31]   No   No   No   No   No   No   No   Yes   No    
                                  Nicely done        
  30   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0  
  Add via SendTo[32]   No   Yes   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   No    
                                           
  10   0   6[33]   0   6   0   0   0   0   0  
  Add to SendTo[34]   No   No   Yes   No   No   No   No   Yes   No    
                                  Nicely done        
  30   0   0   2[35]   0   0   0   0   6   0  
Marks     120   920   540   300   320   320   480   1320   480  
Previous sheet     3620   3800   2480   3300   2180   3240   2780   3540   2980  
Total     3740   4720   3020   3600   2500   3560   3260   4860   3460  
                                           
[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:
The ability to show full path is EXTREMELY important feature which as at this point of writing I can find in only 2 programs of the same class.

[12]
Author:
This is the greatest missed feature for this program
[13]
Author:
This feature is critical, it means to have a way to tell what folder a open/save as dialog is current listing
[14]
Author:
Standard requirement is to allow UDF icon (no limit of how many) and can retrieve icon from ioc, exe, dll and ICL
[15]
Author:
This program actually allows setting of folder icon even if it is not a folder on the FAV list, a nice to 've extra feature, but I think it is not really relevent to the scope of such program.
[16]
Author:
What a missing feature
[17]
Author:
Limited icons to add to a list for picking. The list can only accept "ico" file (with 16x16 pixels format), i.e. icon can't be picked from exe, dll or icl and so on...
[18]
Author:
Only for history list.
Not available when in Fav list
[19]
Author:
It looks like there is accelerate key set in recent list, but it is not functioning at all
[20]
Author:
Handy for those who prefer keyboard
It allows even some control over how accelerate key is presented.
Unique feature
[21]
Author:
Poorly displayed, it is always go by first char in the caption.
[22]
Author:
Poorly displayed, it is always go by first char in the caption.
[23]
Author:
This is the unique and useful feature I found for this program which does not appear in all other competing programs.
[24]
Author:
Does not work for windows explorer
[25]
Author:
This feature allow user to set another related folder to current one. User simply press a certain key stroke, then that related folder will be selected instead of current highlighted one.
[26]
Author:
Will bring uo another folder who is preset to be relevent to the current one
[27]
Author:
As a standard expectation:
a) Must be able to define filter
b) Must be able to apply filter quickly (on the fly)
[28]
Author:
Even though from the help and the interface description it looks like filter file type listing is supported, but I try with Windows Notepad's Open Dialog and the filter function of this program does not work under WinXP
[29]
Author:
Even though we can preset several filters and use them on the fly, but this program allows per appl filter setting, so I give it the same points.
[30]
Author:
It deserves a bonus if any applied filter is shown (say in a panel around the dialog)
[31]
Author:
The display is gone whenever focus move to file list area. It gives way to the display of full path spec.
[32]
Author:
The idea here is have a section which allow users to manage (add, edit or delete) whatever listed on the "Send to" menu.
[33]
Author:
This feature means allow a highlighted item to be added to a folder on the FAV list via SendTo on the right-click menu
[34]
Author:
Unfortunately, DF never try to differentiate submenu and folder under submenu. So you can add folder to submenu as long as the submenu already contains at least 1 folder.
[35]
Author:
This feature means allow a highlighted folder to be added to as item on the SendTo sub menu on the right-click menu
[36]
Author:
Simply because folders are not grouped, adding this means a mess of SendTo folder content.