Listary 6 Beta 🎉

release
#770

As I stated here earlier in this thread, there is only one developer and he has been pulled to work on a long-term project. Most likely, he has no time to work on this currently.

I should mention that Listary 5 has continued to work for me on Windows 10. Honestly it is more stable than the 6 beta for me.

The statement of “but now it’s finish” has no validity, because everyone in this thread is basing their experience with Listary on the BETA.

The current 6 beta doesn’t even have all the features in Listary 5 ported yet. It was incomplete 2 years ago and that’s why it still is today. Try using the Listary 5 stable. I’ve recommended this software to a few others, even on Windows 11, and it works fine.

I have looked into Fluent Search, but I find Listary to work better for my uses. Listary even plugs into other software that use Windows Shell explorer (the built-in file management backend for Windows) commands to view files, so I can do things like search through the Skyrim plugin list in CreationKit and it will auto-scroll to the items it finds. This would not be possible with Fluent Search, nor do I think it’s the direction their software is going on a long-term basis. Listary doesn’t need a plugin for every program to do this. It just works because of its design philosophy.

Tl;Dr. Try stable before you state the software is finished, because the stable works fine on Windows 11 and has more features than the beta. Beta, by nature, is incomplete software.

1 Like
#771

good to know about version 5.
but i didnt say its finish, but when a dev didnt reply, or didnt update for 2 years, means thats its a long and long holiday ?
ok lets say that the dev is on holiday if u prefer :wink: im fine with that too.

by the way i keep fluent search for now lol, lets see when the dev will come back from his long holiday maybe we will have listary 7 alpha :wink:
++

#772

Thanks for being understanding. If you look at my original post, I tried my best to translate the last message we heard from the author.

He stated he was pulled to handle work/research with “big data”. It’s an actual technical term for a type of data. I think this was something his position was required to do, based on how it was worded, so he may have had no choice but to spend more time on it. I hate stating assumptions here, but considering it was right after covid-19 hit, maybe that is what he is being pulled to analyze.

Regardless, there are yearly payments, and occasional maintenance he has to do to keep a website online, so it’s definitely something he has not just abandoned in my opinion. He just doesn’t have the time at the moment.

Version 5 works considerably well, so I’ll just be patiently waiting.

2 Likes
#773

I’ve used Listary 5 and switched to Listary 6 Beta as soon as it became available. And for all the years I’ve never had any issues with it running on Windows 7 and Windows 10. And I’m on Win 10 21H2 right now. Point is - if you (not you, Drakonas, specifically, but users that are experiencing issues :slight_smile: ) have issues with Listary 6 it’s all down to your installation of Windows or the software that you are using along with it.

#774

Please check if you have Listary integration enabled with the file browser of your choice. Go to Listary’s Options > Features > Integration, select the app that you are using and check “Enable Listary” checkbox. I’ve just checked on my setup (I’m using Directory Opus) and if checkmark is not enabled Ctrl+G functionality is not available, naturally. Restart both Listary and file browser, after changing this option, just for a good measure.

1 Like
#775

It works, forget about the shortcut and use the menu instead

1 Like
#776

Sorry, I can’t and I won’t forget about the shortcut. That shortcut helps me to keep my sanity during the working day! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

#777

Even though development has stopped the author still has tried to sell the application with special promotional discount on bitsdujour several times.
And I think the author will keep on doing this in 2022 until nobody will purchase.

2 Likes
#778

Well after months of bugs in Listary 6 and serious indexing bugs in Listary 5 (see my post history…), looks like Fluent Search is the best replacement: much more customizable (made it into a Listary clone for my uses!) and it properly indexes NAS SMB shares, network drives, and is frankly a pleasure to see bugs fixed.

Thanks to @Prowhiz for making the Loom videos. The open prompt <-> File Explorer feature is killer. One issue is Fluent Search doesn’t have a great database of all its features: had no idea it had that!

I will say, Fluent Search probably needs 1-2 more stable releases, but after ~30 minutes of tweaking, it’s so incredibly close and already my daily driver.

Let’s hope Listary’s dev returns alive so he may also address all the bugs & missing feature.

1 Like
#779

@ikjadoon did you tried Everything search?
I am using Everything for index all my files (network & local drives) and listary 6 beta for launch programs and plugins (calc, cmd as admin, integration with explorer etc).
For me this combo is superb.
I have tried Fluent but it was to slow for me and eat to much resources.

2 Likes
#780

Unfortunately, I’m looking to search indexed files within the launcher. :frowning: I had tried Everything, but it’s a bit tough for my use-case: the ordering of files, the priorities, the sizes & UI, etc. However, I will keep it bookmarked and spend more time getting the prioritization correct. Thank you for the recommendation.

Everything is blazing fast.

Fluent Search does still feel a bit laggy, agreed, on first use & after rebooting. However, after subsequent, it seems to get fast, though I am on a somewhat high-end system (which makes the early slowdowns even more weird): i7-12700K CPU, 32GB DDR5-6000, and a 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus.

I’m hopeful the next updates will bring FS back to Listary-like speed; some major beta updates (current stable is ~2 month old) and they’ve fixed a few bugs / annoyances I had with Listary (example from yesterday).

I did need to make a number tweaks to speed up the performance & the UI to make it much more streamlined: turned off animations, turned off tags & in-app search, etc. The default FS settings has delays even on a system like mine :sob:

#781

i think u should give another try, its the version 0.9.91.31, check which one u used, but between yours and the new, there is a lot of improvement :slight_smile:

#782

there were a bug of FS, introducing lags
now with new build, no more lags.
And yes, there are always some bugs with thousand reparator, but i think the previous update fixed that (i saw the dev answer u very fast, and the next build fix that! i never seen a dev like him, fixing things so quicky)

#784

ok i leave the chat,
nobody is here to moderate the content

was nice to talk with all of u

bye

#785

image

1 Like
#786

Yes just got this! What a surprise. Don’t know what’s different.

#787

我草，更新了！！有生之年啊！

1 Like
#788

有生之年系列！

1 Like
#789

感恩！如果有个changelog就更好了！

#790

感谢作者的持续努力，更新来之不易啊