Eagle Mode is a zoomable user interface (ZUI) with file manager, file viewers, games, and more.

This project is about a futuristic style of human-computer interaction, where the user can visit almost everything simply by zooming in. It features a portable C++ toolkit API for developing such ZUIs, and it features the Eagle Mode application, which provides a virtual cosmos with plugin applications.

The most important one is the professional file manager with its rich, scriptable command set. It integrates file viewers for most of the common file types, as well as an audio and video player. Furthermore, the virtual cosmos contains a chess game, a netwalk game, a 3D minesweeper game, a multi-function clock, a stock watchlist, some fractals, and a Linux kernel configurator in form of a kernel patch.

Features

  • Autoplay function (e.g. slideshow of picture files, playing of multiple audio or video files).
  • Fast anti-aliased graphics
  • Virtually unlimited depth of zooming
  • Extensive mouse and keyboard control
  • Animated navigation with kinetic effects (inertia, friction, and magnetism)
  • Popup-zoomed control views
  • Editable bookmarks
  • In-place help texts
  • Working with multiple windows

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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ease 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
features 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
design 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
support 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5

User Reviews

  • As a KDE user, Dolphin is the best file manager I have ever used. If Eaglemode could be married to Dolphin we would be living in the future of file access. ---------------------- Right click context menus, file associations, plugins out the wazoo, easily configurable toolbars, global themes and overall consistency would nearly be heaven. ---------------------- I realize such a constrained endeavour can be very limited, but Oliver has done a wonderful job showing what is possible. Thank you very much. ---------------------- I am not a developer so my viewpoint is limited to my ability to grasp many new concepts. My rating scale will probably change as time goes by, I hope. ---------------------- I rated a 3 for Ease because KDE does not use the same programs that Eaglemode expects to see. I learned how to change that. Yay. Also new aproaches to viewing objects always involves a personal learning curve. ---------------------- Features got a 4 because I like KDE which has max features. If I could just copy all the features from Dolphin over to Eaglemode I would more than likely explode from sheer joy. ---------------------- Design received a 4 due to my perceived lack of continuity between the various elements of the gui. The toolbar sections each require different aspects and not all aspects are easily changed. A global theme would be beautiful. Many visual parts seem overly complex. Simple is to me better and easier. ---------------------- Finally Support only was worth a three which is in my opinion due to the constrained support of the developer. After all, Oliver is only human with a personal life and many responsibilities if he is like most of us. ---------------------- I would love to see many more people jump on the bandwagon to support Eaglemode. It is a worthwile piece of software which I feel has a big future in the computing industry, if only with a little help from friends. ---------------------- Thanks again, Oliver. ---------------------- Vic
  • Awesome project!
  • Does the idiom 'Not all who wander are lost' resonate with you? Does (double) clicking or cd'ing feel inefficient? You'll LOVE Eagle Mode. I have for years and it's a shame I haven't written a review sooner. Instrumental in teaching secondary students about the Linux filesystem by example, as well as grokking project repositories.
  • After I saw a review of the app on youtube I started to use it and I am loving it.
  • This is plain genius. Build system is somewhat strange, and not many linux distros have a package for EagleMode. Building it is easypeazy though. My only gripe is that you must install it in a single directory, so it is non-conformant with some distro package manager guidelines (Void Linux comes to mind).
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Cygwin, MinGW/MSYS2, Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, System Administrators, Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

X Window System (X11), Win32 (MS Windows), Project is a user interface (UI) system, Project is a graphics toolkit

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Board Games, C++ Puzzle Games, C++ User Interface (UI) Software, C++ File Managers, C++ HMI Software

Registered

2008-04-08