Jan Slodicka’s Resco Explorer is an absolute must-have for every Palm OS handheld or smartphone. The program is not just a file manager - it can also act as FTP/SMB client, backup tool, zip archiver,… . The latest beta is said to add a few extra features: does it succeed at making the swiss knife of the Palm OS even better?
The first new feature is the addition of tabs. Tabs allow you to keep multiple “views”open at the same time. For example, one tab can view applications, while the other one shows card files:
Power users can benefit greatly from this feature: open the target folder in one tab, and navigate to the target folder in another. Afterwards, files can be moved from one tab to the other:
Another new feature concerns the launcher view - the program can now display up to 42 icons on-screen at the same time:
Finally, an iPhone-like scroll mode has been added. Like the tabs, it must be enabled in the prefs. The mode works decently well(unfortunately, selection is made significantly more difficult while it is enabled):
Customers who currently own v4 of Resco Explorer will receive this upgrade for free. Others can download a free trial of the beta at Resco’s web site!
This preview looked at Resco Explorer 4.10.2 on a Treo 680. Even though the program was still in beta stage, it performed exceptionally well and was very stable!
In the end, adding new features to an already-feature-rich program is very difficult. The boys at Resco’s nevertheless managed it well…even though I personally don’t care much about iPhone-style scrolling, the tab support makes my life a lot easier nevertheless.
