FolderGlance 2.6.2

Contextual menu plugin, view/open folder contents.

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FolderGlance allows you to control- or right-click folders in the Finder to see and open their contents directly from the Finder's contextual menu, as well as examine the contents of sub-folders down an unlimited number of levels. FolderGlance also has the following features:

  • Adding your own custom folders to the contextual menu, enabling FolderGlance to act as a very versatile launcher
  • Moving, copying and making aliases of the currently selected files in a folder you browse to
  • Control-free popups: Open the contextual menu without holding down the control-key or using a two-button mouse
  • In-menu and Hover Previews of arbitrary files
  • Opening files with an application different than the default by using an "Open with..." menu you can tailor to suit your own taste
  • Changing the font size used in contextual menus
  • Browsing into package contents
  • Customizable sorting and customizable display of hidden files and folders

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Developer:

Yellow Lemon Software

Downloads:

19,907

Utilities:

File Management

License:

Shareware

Platform:

Intel

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.6 or later.



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Outrider said today at 12:23am

Dan Frakes (MacWorld) reviewed this on MacGems on 10 NOV 09 giving it 4 mice. Read the review here: http://www.macworld.com/article/143770/2009/11/folderglance.html?lsrc=nl_mwgems_h_crawl

Only issue seemed to be price. Mupromo takes that problem away.

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vancouver2010 said today at 2:42am

I've been using FolderGlance since waiting for FinderPop to be fully Snow Leopard compatible.

I'm already a huge fan and am very impressed with its versatility.

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ploth said today at 1:21am

UPDATE: It only works in Finder so no good with Pathfinder.

Pathfinder doesn't have this feature (which would be good sometimes) but has many others that I would miss way too much to go back to finder with this :(

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gryphonent said today at 3:22am

Pathfinder compatibility please!

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ploth said today at 1:15am

This looks ok - but even at half price seems expensive.

Does anyone know if this can be configured to allow viewing of all files in a folder & subfolders in one list?

What about the customizeable context menu - is this just for Finder or system wide?

This last feature has enough pull for me to download & test...it might just suck me out of $10 yet :)

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RDrL85 said today at 5:48am

There is no need of purchasing this tool. Snow Leopard has already fully integrated this feature within the OS.

Furthermore, the pop-up's within the OS are transparent, which looks even better!

Also, why would I have to integrate this tool within PathFinder? PathFinder has a path-navigator itself! The path-navigator is smart implemented and recommend.

Therefore, this tool is not worth a cent - just useless.

Cheers

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Espiridion said today at 4:04am

@vancouver2010,

Have you tried FinderPop's beta versions? I think they're SL compatible.

Turly has said that FP is "the only utility with a gestation period longer than an elephant’s!" but still he has provided many beta versions by now, with a brief interruption when he had his accident.

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lovemymacs said today at 2:51am

I've tried pathfinder - maybe it's me - just didn't suit me after over a month even when I learned how to use it pretty well. It had the power to do things I didn't find myself itching or needing to do but that's a personal paradigm thing.

This however - I'm not clear why this isn't immediately useful to almost anyone, but again, maybe I nest my folders a particular way.

Just tried it and bought it. I'm constantly trying to do this by double clicking, clicking the triangles. This is exactly what I've wanted to be able to do for my several years of using macs. Just immediately suits my temperament and way of navigating. Seems terrific and previously missing.

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nicksloan said today at 2:10am

Good simple app, which has come to be essential to me. Warmly recommended.

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bobzozus said today at 2:06am

I would assume this is for those people who use the Finder frequently- and, don't like the Columns view. I find that I use other programs to organize my important files (Eaglefiler- for one. Yep & Leap, sometimes)- and, can use Spotlight and the aforementioned programs to find what I want. I guess the usefulness of this program lies in how you best work. Also, I find FinderPop- as well as Snow Leopard's improved use of Contextual Menus- quite sufficient for my Contextual Menus needs. I'll save my $10. Although, Dan Frakes does make a case in the article mentioned by Outrider that this app will be useful to some. Thanks MUPromo for giving us this intriguing system enhancement.

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