ForkLift 2-pane file manager with SFTP ships

"Nobody has any idea what a good file manager is until they use Directory Opus...I'd love to see Mac folks contact them and request a Mac version."
I agree, Dopus is the best there is. I actually contacted GPSoftware some time ago and Dr Greg Perry answered. He said that they have thought about it, but they don't have any experience about Macs and that they currently don't have resources to develop for Mac.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to mail them if you are interested, though... :)

I like Forklift is nice..


Floryn @ http://www.myArcadeClub.com

Nobody has any idea what a good file manager is until they use Directory Opus which unfortunately runs under Windows. The developers come from the old Amiga platform and know their stuff. I'd love to see Mac folks contact them and request a Mac version.

http://www.gpsoft.com.au/

I just remembered something else I miss: being able to select groups of files and have the bottom bar tell me not just how many files or folders I select, but also how big they are. I shouldn't have to open the infopane to get that.
And, this is more of an ftff thing, but don't tell me I have no items in a folder, if there are subfolders! Ok, I'd better not get started on ftff :)

Which of these filemgrs, if any, allow you to move files between directories on different drives, without having to hold down a key? That's something that's never made sense to me, as a switcher.

Also, do any of these have support for doing a file comparison if you're trying to move a file into a directory that already has a file with the same name? The program I use as a filemgr on my pc lets me select whether to auto-overwrite if the data is identical, and pops up a comparison window if they're different, showing file sizes and dates, and if they're graphics, large thumbnails, so I can see if one is corrupted, etc.

I have been using it for some time now and can't live without it anymore. I have been missing something like this since I stopped using TotalCommander on Windows. It still misses some of the feature that TC had but it's really more powerful than it seems. It's fast and well-designed (and not as ugly as TC out of the box).

For once it is one of the rare file managers where you can hit enter on a ZIP file and just pick one the files. Works with jar files too (useful when developing in java).

You also might have a look at http://www.inuron.com/index.php, not your regular (s)ftp, but supports remote access, metadata, ...

I gotta say, I tried both and I prefer path finder. You can set up a dual pane view in that pretty easily (just open a second browser and position it, PF remembers the locations so it's not a hassle).

As far as I can see, forklift has no column view, which makes it embarassingly inefficient, whereas PF retains column view, and lets you have a dual pane column view. That right there is the reason I recommend people check out Path Finder before Forklift if you want a good finder replacement (or as I use it, partner, as I use pf and finder side by side for different tasks).

I happen to use CyberDuck.

http://cyberduck.ch/

I used to use Fugu, but I think it caused me trouble from time to time, but I forget.

another free alternative is fugu: http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/