05-28-2023, 02:16 PM
Thank you for the ideas. To clarify the workflow, a batch of documents would be moved onto the Pinephone, then file viewing and sorting would be done on the Pinephone, then later the sorted files would be moved to a laptop for final management. The purpose is to leverage the Pinephone to do computing tasks when i do not have my laptop. If the Pinphone workflow is clumsy then things are not going to work.
I will look into the suggested solutions. It is described that a dual pane file manager would not work on a Pinephone. What about a tabbed file manager? Does a tabbed file manager exist that is phone friendly? One would only need two tabs for most uses, a tab for the source location and a tab for the destination location. The user would tap the tabs to switch between them when sorting files. This removes the need for a larger display. The default view could be a single pane without tabs, with a context menu choice to add/remove a second pane for advanced file management. This keeps the interface clean and simple.
I will look into the suggested solutions. It is described that a dual pane file manager would not work on a Pinephone. What about a tabbed file manager? Does a tabbed file manager exist that is phone friendly? One would only need two tabs for most uses, a tab for the source location and a tab for the destination location. The user would tap the tabs to switch between them when sorting files. This removes the need for a larger display. The default view could be a single pane without tabs, with a context menu choice to add/remove a second pane for advanced file management. This keeps the interface clean and simple.