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Versions 1 and 2 were only available direct from the author. Versions 3 and 4 were published by Inovatronics. Versions since 5 have been published by GPSoftware (German versions were published by Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe). The full version of Magellan II is included for free with
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Directory Opus has evolved since its first release in 1990 as a basic two-panel file manager. The interface has evolved significantly due to feedback given by its users. Some of the features include:
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computer system in the early to mid-1990s. Commercial development on the version for the Amiga ceased in 1997. Directory Opus is still being actively developed and sold for the
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Directory Opus was originally developed by, and is still written by, Australian Jonathan Potter. Until 1994, it was published by well-known Amiga software company
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File collections. These are like virtual folders that contain links to the original files (unlike shortcuts, these actually deal with the files directly).
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operating system by GPSoftware and there are open source releases of Directory Opus 4 and 5 for Amiga.
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ports of this version were made available. Magellan II was released as open source under the
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Flat-file display, where you can flatten a folder tree and even hide the folders themselves.
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Rubenking, Neil J. (2006-04-11). "Incredibly useful utilities, Directory Opus 8".
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Ability to maintain date created/modified timestamps for both files and folders.
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All Windows versions published by GPSoftware. (German versions published by
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Directory Opus 5.8 (Magellan II) for all Amigas (AOS3, AOS4, MOS and AROS)
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Preview panel, with preview of thumbnails (including animated
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User-definable toolbars, menus, filetypes and filetype groups.
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Powerful file selection and renaming tools, with advanced
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Folder tree (either shared or separate for dual-display).
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handling for portable devices like phones and cameras.
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GPSoftware released the older Amiga Directory Opus 4
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handling, including (for a small extra fee) advanced
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and other archive formats (browse them like folders).
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is heavily inspired by the Directory Opus 4 series.
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