I am remastering and playing around with Lucid 5.2.8.7, (yes, I actually consider upgrading to a newer puppy - from 5.2.8.005-1
). I have followed the development of MMview, so I decided to give it a go.
I am very impressed with MMview, but it need further development.
I have been a user of Lynx, the hierarchical terminal browser, for many years. I never use it as a browser, but as a file manager! Incredibly quick to navigate down through the layers using he right arrow key until reaching bottom. There you can see the file contents with less or other viewers, and link to editors and other programs for working with the file, from the keyboard. I had hoped for some of the same functionality in MMview, but it is of course not hierarchical.
Some remarks:
I miss a better indication of which window having focus, Places or files. May I suggest a change in pattern or color when ones laves a location, perhaps?
I also find the use of both keys and mouse a bit distracting, I prefer keys only in a program like this one. It is a bit unfair to compare MMview to Lynx, but I really miss the hierarchy function, it's so easy to use.
Strange behaviour, intended or not?:
To get a feeling of the program, I unintentionally ended up in
/root/Choises/MIME-types/ and scrolled down to
application_vnd.ms-work, and used Ctrl-F5 to see the contents. The file is empty, but to my surprise Abiword opened, ready for writing, with no real address in the status line of the frame, just the word
root, no slashes.