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Add to SafariWhen comparing Disk Order vs Far Manager, the Slant community recommends Disk Order for most people. In the question“What are the best Mac file managers?” Disk Order is ranked 9th while Far Manager is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Disk Order is:
Can be used to connect to a server over FTP/SFTP.
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Pros
Pro FTP/SFTP support
Can be used to connect to a server over FTP/SFTP.
Pro Built-in viewer
Disk Order has a built-in viewer for html, rtf, mov, mp3, jpg, gif, tiff and many other file formats.
Pro Versatile dual-pane interface
Disk Order is split in two side-by-side panes each of which can have tabs with different views. Great for easily managing files.
Pro Keyboard-oriented
Far Manager's interface encourages keyboard operation - all actions are easily accessible with keyboard shortcuts, you can quickly record macros for any repeatable action, there are no screen redraws if it is not necessary and that makes everything faster.
Pro Open source
Released under BSD license.
Pro Two-panel interface
Pro Many plugins
There are may of them, and you can write them in any languages, including Python.
Pro Editor with syntax highlighting
Every Far feature is also true for its editor. You can setup an external editor if you like, but the included editor works really well and features syntax highlighting.
Pro Easily recorded macros
Hit "Ctrl-." and start recording your boring sequence. Hit "Ctrl-." again to assign it a key. You can use Lua if you need more advanced macros.
Pro Numeric sorting option
E.g. readme-9.txt before readme-10.txt
Pro Extremely fast
Pro Offline context help
Just press F1 when you need it. No internet connection or browser is required.
Pro Themeable
Fully themeable, allowing you to change the colors of every part of the interface.
Pro Scrippting support via LUA
Cons
Con No move across Window function
Con Blocking operations
Operations such as copy, move, delete, etc are blocking, and you have to wait for them to complete before you can continue.
Though you can cancel the operation with the escape key.
Con Only for Windows
Con Always uses monospace font
Which makes long file names look extremely wide
Con Does not support scrolling with mouse
With plugin
Con Text-based interface
Far Manager does not use a GUI like most windows applications nowadays. This may prove difficult to use for people who are not familiar with text-based user interfaces.
Con Folder shortcuts not available in Alt+F1/F2 menus
