Cabinet, a new free application for Android
The shop Google Play abounds in applications for file management, some products of this type becoming famous and enjoying the wide appreciation of users for a long time. The complexity of products such as ES File Explorer or Astro Cloud & File Manager But it is not useful or appropriate in all users, and Firm trying to offer beginners an environment as simple as possible without giving up the essentials.
The most attractive aspect of Cabinet application is, undoubtedly, airy environment that respects graphic design lines Material from Android 5. The application provides an interface with readable text and menus clearly highlighted contrasting colors characteristic Action button, clear division in the lists of items and a side menu that merges all relevant sections of the application. The interface can be customized to your preference as Cabinet offers three preset themes, one with a black background that is designed specifically for phones AMOLED displayAnd offers a choice of primary color, the color of selected elements and color thumbnail-sized. The upper part of the interface merges all additional options. The user has a handy button to sort files by name, extension, size or date of last access, there is optional preferential sorting folders possibility topped the list. This button is accompanied by a search field, it neindexand files or their content and not providing an autocomplete option. The work environment can be customized by choosing three types of viewing modes list and two different sizes of thumbnails, and the optional display of hidden files. The user can filter in a manner easy type of content, application allowing quick selection of text files, archives, images, audio files, video files.
Top menu allows optional chain guiding display, the user can quickly return to one of the top directories and subdirectories and files display the number stored in the current directory displayed.
How is one intuitive directories or files attached with a context menu with actions that can be performed. If folders, users can delete, copy, move, rename or archive a folder, there is also the option to add the side navigation panel. An interesting option is Add to HomescreenThe user can thus obtain a quick shortcut to a folder frequently accessed. The same actions are also available for working with files, standing out plus the option of opening the file in the form of images, text, audio or video (useful when you are dealing with content renamed), unzipping and the sharing via the traditional menu Android.
The app Cabinet is designed primarily to access local resources, it provides access to the internal memory, root directory (where the terminal has unlocked this access and Superuser installed) and the eventual memory card. Support for external services is absent, the only exception being the option to access a FTP server. After setting the login data, the server or servers will appear in the side menu along with the local resources, but this support is probably less useful for the average user because the compatibility is limited to FTP over SSH.
Currently located in Beta, Firm it is not without problems. Among the shortcomings noted are the rather slow speed of the search, the occasional truncated display of the contextual menus and an instant closing. After fixing these small problems and introducing some improvements, such as indexing and autocompletion of the search, optimizing the interface also for tablets or a wider support for network resources, Firm promises to become a competent and very easy-to-use file manager.
The app Cabinet (Beta) can be downloaded free from Google Play.
