Comments on: ForkLift 1.1 Released: Three Licenses up for Grabs!

By: LiuLi

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By: Lomoco

Lomoco — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:33:43 +0000

Remote file exchanging and searching (like, someone in Florida can browse files and search files on someone’s mac running forklift in Canada. (Back-to-my-mac sort of thing).

By: DMD

DMD — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:25:58 +0000

Update: Panic Transmit version 3.6 finally includes the preview URL feature in their software!…….it’s about time. I asked them for this a year ago (literally).

..Hi Matthew,
..
..Thanks for writing. This is planned for a future version ..of Transmit.
..
..Best,
..Leslie
..Panic Inc
..
..
On Sep 2, 2006, at 3:03 PM, DMD wrote:

Would it be possible to create a “Copy Address” context item or something like that. In the Site preferences where you define an FTP site, to have a field that designates the base url to the website and a field that defines where the public root begins (or have it default to everything after “public_html”). This would enable a user to immediately open up a file in a browser and see it with its public address ~OR~ so that when you’re linking to something to your site, you can use a url that looks like “http://www.mysite.com/thefile.htm” instead of “ftp://ftp.mysite.com:21//public_html/thefile.htm”.

I have an automator action that has similar functionality. It uploads a selected file to a predefined directory and then copies the url to the clipboard.

best,
-Matthew

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:19:57 +0000

I was just curious, where will the list of winners be posted? Here in the comments of this post or in the forums?

By: Greg H

Greg H — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:44:47 +0000

@ #48 (mdmunoz) Your comment worked, you just submitted it to the wrong post. You were the 5th person to comment on this post.

By: Marvin Sum

Marvin Sum — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:32:14 +0000

A big thank you to all who participated. The giveaway is now closed.

The winners will be announced later tomorrow.

By: Cory Klingsporn

Cory Klingsporn — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:57:00 +0000

Screw tags, they’re overrated. I’d like to see the ability to see files that you don’t use anymore that are taking up a lot of space in a seperate sort of manager window or frame, along with a few buttons: one trashes your file, one will compress the file, another could, say, move it to another location (a special folder, your external HD). I constantly have to trudge through my HD to find all those files I don’t even use but are taking up so much space, this feature would kick butt.

By: DMD

DMD — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:50:32 +0000

Feature: Copy url of a file on a website (after defining a base path and url in the options for that FTP address). This is something that is available in Fetch or SmartFTP, but not for Transmit, Interarchy, Cyberduck etc…..at least not since the last time I’ve checked.

This seems like it should be a very standard feature yet very few FTP/file managers have it.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:23:23 +0000

I would like to have .mac syncing for forklift preferences (Customized toolbar, etc…), which would make it a joy to use at home and work.

By: marie boyer

marie boyer — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:05:02 +0000

I would buy this tomorrow if it allowed me to find and organize video clips (ala iMovie 08 and iDive) so I could drag ‘n drop in other Mac programs.

I may wait a week to buy it if this feature is not added.

By: pziebel

pziebel — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:15:55 +0000

I’d like user-selectable fonts for file panes, etc.

By: T Stein

T Stein — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:48:21 +0000

I’d like to be able to

1. Split views horizontally as well as vertically.
2. Be able to save views (that is, particular folders and settings) that I can then retrieve by a menu dropdown, say, or a toolbar.

By: mdmunoz

mdmunoz — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:23:29 +0000

Not sure why my comment didn’t work yesterday, but most of these features are superfluous and miss the point. Forklift needs applescript support. A file manager almost needs to be scriptable, and the Finder is far ahead in that regard, to the point of needing no code to record actions into script.

Applescript, applescript, applescript.

By: Joe Cool

Joe Cool — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:30:12 +0000

I would like to see Forklift work as a better launcher. Features like adding apps to the toolbar (e.g. for burning disks) and allowing me to create custom options in contextual menus would really make Forklift a better option for me.

I would also like to see the GUI cleaned a bit. For example the drawer with Favorites and Volumes doesn’t need a big divider for dragging between the two. A simple line, or even following the lead of iTunes and Leopard’s Finder with sections and disclosure arrows would work just as well and save some space and visual clutter.

The last feature (which has been mentioned previously) is ftp synchronization options, especially if they were able to be AppleScripted or Automated.

By: Dink

Dink — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:29:09 +0000

A integrated backup machine would be nice…

By: Wimpus

Wimpus — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:11:32 +0000

Batch with GUI support for rename files, resize files @ once.
Par+Rar support: create + upack both.

By: Erich D

Erich D — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:55:24 +0000

Well, I’d have to ask for “macro” recording of actions, with the ability to set a particular variable…. such as naming or sequence of renames.

And while we’re at it, how’s about encryption/decryption or hiding/unhiding with a button click from within Forklift?

By: James C

James C — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:32:36 +0000

Adding tagging and full path would be nice… I hate not knowing where I am. Support for reading/writing id3 would be helpful too.

But Droplets have HUGE potential for adding features. Having a droplet do bulk renaming and sorting based on file type/size/tag info/id3 would be amazing. Or being able to have one droplet send a file to two locations based on file type/tag/etc.

Something I use on my windows pos that would be nice is hashtab. Being able to see md5 or svf with one click would be great.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:20:10 +0000

How about something that a lot of people use: connecting to your gmail account so u can transfer files back and forth? (a.k.a. GDrive, GDisk, etc.)

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:11:01 +0000

A new feature? How about the ability to take over the world?

Seriously, this app is so well fleshed out I think world domination is the next logical step.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:56:35 +0000

A simple dashboard backup widget would be a great feature- simple way to do a progressive backup via ftp from your dashboard.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:39:06 +0000

One feature I’d love to see is the ability to edit id3 tags from within Forklift. As it stands, there’s no way to do this without another program, and since I use Forklift religiously, it’d be nice to have this ability.

By: Joseph Pecoraro

Joseph Pecoraro — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:57:23 +0000

Two things already mentioned that I immediately thought of were tagging files/folders and full paths. Its always a pain for me to try to find the absolute path in Finder. But since these were already mentioned I tried to think a little harder and see what I could come up with.

I am almost always in list/pane mode in the finder, and there are often a few things I don’t like. There is already the “Get Info” button and from the right click menu when in list mode, however how about a little quick information for hovering over a file for a second? Simple things that are most commonly found in the Get Info box or in the last pane in finder when you click on a file. How about the absolute path, permissions, and previews for images (like Firebug). I don’t know if features like this are already in ForkLift because I haven’t tried it just yet.

By: Damien McKenna

Damien McKenna — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:39:18 +0000

Furies: What do you mean by “GUI SSH”? There’s SFTP for SSH-based file transfers?

By: Gahndu

Gahndu — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:26:09 +0000

If the left drawer in Forklift was a sidebar this app would be beyond wonderful.

By: Yong Hwee

Yong Hwee — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:08:52 +0000

I would love to see integration with other apps, say Quicksilver for example.

By: uy

uy — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:44:11 +0000

I agree, coverflow would be nice

By: Furies

Furies — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:26:12 +0000

I would like to see GUI SSH support. That would truly make it the ultimate file manager and controller, web based and file system based.

Video preview would be an A+ too.

By: Zettt

Zettt — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:08:53 +0000

OK here are my suggestions.

- Butler PlugIn. (I hope you know Butler, if not you should )
- Parse files real web adress. I am a musician and i often send out new unreleased songs to my close “fans”. Its so annoying to always find out the real web address to give ‘em.
- Drag and Drop support for files on Server. Now when i drag a file (eg. a .php) to my Text Editor it doesn’t open. Finder does
- Small Terminal. OK..this idea is stolen. But i like it. In Path Finder you can have a command line right beneath the main window, for chmod’ing and so on. Would be great if that would work in ForkLift.

Better keyboard shortucts. Like Command+Down/Up/Left/Right… should be the same as in Finder.
Small one but would also be good: An option for “always show tab bar” (I hate it when you make a new tab inside an app and then *pop* comes down, appearance changes *wurg*

Is that enough or should i continue?

By: MG

MG — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:06:40 +0000

Forklift should integrate FTP and SFTP through MacFUSE instead of it’s own protocol clients. Why? It would allow actual mounting of these remote drives on the system as folders, so web designers can click on a file at sftp://my-server.com/web and it will load in textmate or cssedit for live editing.