Qutiny is Orbinty’s file manager and here is its latest design. As you can see, the theming looks very sharp, up to date and professional with drop shadow effects on buttons and toolbars. Moreover, I have relocated the tab-bar to the top of the window and it now spans the entire file manager window horizontally and it is placed above the sidebar.
The Detail View, List View, Icon View, File Preview, Thumbnails, Create New and the Menu buttons are now part of the tab-bar. It makes more sense.
Additionally, I have fixed some misplaced icon emblems (cut, copy, new, symlink etc) so now they always align properly next to the item’s main file icon.
I am thinking if I should also relocate the navigational toolbar and place it under the tab-bar so that it too spans the entire window but I am used to where it is right now.
Anyway, I hope you like this latest design. Developing a file manager takes a lot of time and it is one of the most complex components in a desktop environment.
I have two more components remaining to beatify: the dedicated search utility and the device manager (it won’t take long) and that’s it, Pilot 11 will be ready and then I can focus on River WM.
