Altap Salamander Support Forums

Hi guys

There is so little news lately that it looks to me like Salamander is dead, not developed anymore.
I know money is always the issue and from my side I have no issue paying for an updated license... i.e. if you (finally) update AS to Unicode support and said that it's a version 4.0. Most of the tools I use 'Royal TS', 'The Bat', 'Sandboxie', 'Bitdefender', 'Actual Multi Monitor',.... need a license update every year or two, so I have no issue paying for updated license and I'm sure most of other wouldn't either, just that the AS would continue with its awesomeness.

So is AS dead?

BrW

Please see our posts in viewtopic.php?f=4&t=31870&start=30

Still alive... good to know.

I understand how development goes (been programmer for 30+ years) and I completely understand that converting Local to Unicode is a !#!@#@!#.

Keep up the good project.

BrW

Thank you!

Glad to see the project is still alive and kicking. I hope you guys will maintain support for a long time as well.

Even after many years of using Altap Salamander on a daily basis, I still find new features in the core, and that is awesome. Loosing this project would be a severe loss. I don't know whether you've been considering of requiring purchase of a new license for the upcoming new major version, but I'd do that without any hesitation.

I'm concerned about this topic too. No updates since when? 2016?

I found Salamander after Commander was abandoned.

Dear Delevopers!

IF this project is dead, or soon it will be (I really, really hope not), please inform us. Do not leave us in doubt!
Most of us are still believe in you, please give us some feedback!

Thank you!

AS is dead. That's it.
Devs doesn't even care to respond, nobody cares about critical bugs, nobody responds even on email.
Dead project.

SO what's a good alternative software now?

Evin wrote: ↑

12 Apr 2019, 19:59

Dear Delevopers!

IF this project is dead, or soon it will be (I really, really hope not), please inform us. Do not leave us in doubt!
Most of us are still believe in you, please give us some feedback!

Thank you!

Raptor wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2019, 10:55

AS is dead. That's it.
Devs doesn't even care to respond, nobody cares about critical bugs, nobody responds even on email.
Dead project.

Guys, patience is a virtue. Quality developement in WIN32 simply takes time. The developers said on multiple occasions they are working on it, but it takes more time then they have expected (they even admitted that time approximations is not their strong side). They want to release a EAP when there is something to test.

There is a simple update on the roadmap page (https://www.altap.cz/salamander/roadmap/):

Updated on 02/28/2019
Most wanted features for next Altap Salamander versions

Support for Unicode
Support for High-DPI displays
Support for UAC
Tabs in panels

My guess is that the develpers are working hard on these features (for 4.0 version, paid upgrade) and do not want to be disturbed and that is understandable. I have it the same way.

That being said, I have to agree that the developers should have some kind of automated way where you could see the progress. Like a build platform, where you could have a night builds.

MamaBear wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2019, 19:02

SO what's a good alternative software now?

In my eyes there is no perfect alternative. You can check my post (in Czech) at: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5194&start=30#p67325

I don't even know what all those features that you mentioned are. I just like the program itself, but it apparently isn't recognizing my Esata BlacX cloning drive dock anymore, and I don't know why.