FileBrowse 1.2

FileBrowse 1.2 is known as a new, easy-to-use file/media browser for Mac OS X with many unique features, such as 3D icons/thumbnails, large in-context previews, and powerful grouping and sorting.

As you can see, FileBrowse uses 3D icons. These are not pre-generated drawings like standard Finder icons, but instead are rendered in real-time in glorious 3D, using the power of OpenGL hardware acceleration, with lifelike, soft shadows, perfect anti-aliasing (no jagged edges), and realistic perspective (with the vanishing point in the center of the screen).

When you run FileBrowse, you’ll notice that the icons appear to float on your display! (This effect is stronger when you try FileBrowse on your computer than it is in the screenshots on this page, because FileBrowse will calculate the correct perspective for each icon depending on its position on the screen, which changes when you scroll or drag the window, for example.) The icons/thumbnails shown on this page are non-enhanced and look exactly the way they look in FileBrowse.

Major Features:

1. Thumbnails for most common file types, such as images, movies, songs, PDF/RTF/Word documents, and even web pages. Even on Tiger. Finding a file by visual content has never been easier.
2. Beautiful 3D icons/thumbnails, rendered in real-time using OpenGL, with lifelike, soft shadows and perfect anti-aliasing (no jagged edges).
3. Folder icons that show miniature icons/thumbnails of the items inside, so you don't always have to open a folder to see its contents.
4. Large previews for most common file types, shown in-context (between the icons). This is much faster than having to open a file in a separate application.
5. Powerful grouping and sorting, by kind, date, color label, artist, album, camera, and many other attributes. Groups can be easily "collapsed"/stacked and in many cases can replace folders.

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later.