New Directory Opus (Windows) - available at discount price!

[Matt_H]

To clarify, DOpus version 10 for Windows has just been released, and a small discount is available via AmiKit.

[Matt_H]

Let me put it this way: I'd rather build a wintel machine just to run WinUAE and DOpus Magellan for Amiga than tolerate using M$'s operating system just for the shake of DOpus 10 for Window$.

I don't think anyone's suggesting you do that, but, if you use Windows already (as I and most others do for work), DOpus for Windows is a godsend. I can't even measure how much faster and easier it is compared to the embarrassment that is Windows Explorer. My productivity would be severely impaired without it.

[Matt_H]

If only dopus for windows was anything like Magellan on amiga.

How is it not?

[Matt_H]

Well, it's not meant to be an alternative windows shell (as in SHELL=dopus.exe or whatever in system.ini) as it doesn't come with a desktop replacement. Magellan on Amiga replaces workbench entirely.

Hm? DOpus for Windows does exactly that (if you tell it to). Maybe you test drove a system that had that option turned off?

Double-click the desktop and a DOpus lister opens, just like Magellan. And if another program opens a directory window (i.e., the "Find Target" button from file properties), it'll be a DOpus window.