Directory Opus 9 (32 bit)

Directory Opus 9 (32 bit)

Using Windows Explorer, Norton Commander or Total Commander to manage file-folders has probably become a lifelong habit for most computer users. GP Software seems to be determined to change this user's habit with the innovative 'All in One' file-folder management tool.

Calling Directory Opus (DO) an 'All in One' tool is no exaggeration as it appears to be the software for all file-foler management tools. It also integrates a set of photo-browsing tools and plays videos quite professionally.

From the time of first startup, Directory Opus (DO) will give you a lot of requirements to choose such as: use DO to replace all the default file-foder management mechanisms, use DO to do the job. default file transfer tool, or use the DO for image browsing or the default multimedia player . if you trust the DO then let it handle these routine tasks.

After starting and getting used to the initial DO, you will feel 'overwhelmed' by its extensive interface customization. With a total of 8 interface cards, you will feel like seeing all the 'acquaintances' you have ever used. DO always 'theme' by exposing everything on 'Desktop' to all interface cards so you can access your favorite apps immediately.

Following is a brief description of features of interface cards (Styles):

1. Commander: presents the interface into a traditional 2-panel style, similar to Total Commander, Norton Commander or WinNC. All files have a description like size, file type, file creation time, etc.

2. Dual Horizontal: a hybrid interface between Windows Explorer and Total Commander with 4 windows. The left two windows are presented as Windows Explorer and the two right windows are set up like Total Commander. Users can drag and drop files and folders freely between these 4 windows.

3. Dual Vertical: Split the file-folder management window into 4 sections located vertically along the screen and you can also drag-drop to copy easily back and forth with these 4 management windows.

If you have read 'One Cat File Manager' then 'Dual Horizontal' and 'Dual Vertical' are considered to have fully integrated 'One Cat File Manager' into DO.

4. Explorer: Returns the normal interface identical to Windows Explorer.

5. Filmstrip: This is considered to be the coolest interface of DO because it integrates the file-folder management feature into the multimedia playing feature. Filmstrip's interface is divided into 3 parts. The first 2 vertical windows are for file-foler management, while the third window is the professional image and movie browsing window.

Each time you browse to the digital image whose full image will be displayed on the 3rd window. You can use the arrow keys or Page Up, Page Down to browse photos just like in ACDSee with the rest of the images. in the directory. And every time you browse to a video file, the video file will automatically be played in the 3rd window with quite professional interface.

6. Image: is a specialized interface for managing and browsing images and is also divided into 3 windows, similar to 'Filmstrip'. In terms of performance, 'Image' is specialized for managing digital photos and Filmstrip is specialized for managing and showing videos. In particular, the slider of this movie presentation interface can help you watch movies in a 'manual' fashion, which means watching by dragging the slider from beginning to end or from end to end of the movie, very nicely

7. Single: give the DO interface only 1 window left. But you can customize this window as well as every other window in DO by going to the 'View' menu to select how to view Thumbernails, List, Detail .

8. Previous: returning the traditional Windows Explorer-like window with every desktop icon displayed as 'Larger Icon'.

DO is also equipped with a delicious photo browsing interface not inferior to ACDSee's photo browsing interface. You just need to double-click on any digital image in the DO interface and the professional image browsing will appear. One of the enhancements of this image browser is that you just need to click anywhere in the image view interface, the next image will appear for you to see without having to touch the keyboard like ACDSee.

DO's function menus also offer you a lot of rich features, such as:

- Menu 'Go': gives you direct access to Desktop, My Computer, Recycle Bin, Start Menu, StartUp, My Documents .

- Menu 'FTP': used to establish FTP connections but does not reach the level of detail as Total Commander.

- Menu 'Tools': provides features to find files, convert image files, find duplicate files .

In addition, DO is also an extremely sensitive file sniffing tool. You just need to hover over the file as all information or images of that file will be automatically displayed at the beginning of the mouse pointer.

In terms of file-folder management with a customizable interface combined with image browsing and video playing . DO is almost a leading tool today. If DO incorporates both direct file compression and key-folder management features like Speed ​​Commander or Total Commander, it will undoubtedly become the number 1 tool in similar software.

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