[mintyc]

Opus12 is undeniably useful.

Some additional features would be useful.

e.g. those of attribute changer https://www.petges.lu/ modifies metadata between source and destination without changing the underlying identical files.

e.g. personally find winmerge and winscp a simpler solution to some aspects of comparison and synchronisation (but need setup)

Overall I do use Opus regularly but largely to just get a count of the contents of a directory (avoiding a manual file propperties right click on the folder.)

I appreciate the software development costs, but £25 for a single node locked license is steep. I'd like to see that extended to at least a couple of PCs + a laptop as many advanced users (who can regex :) ) are likely to have at least a couple of PCs round the house in these work from home days.

Overall 3.5 out of five - undeniably powerful but interface is too fussy

[selfhoster11]

> appreciate the software development costs, but £25 for a single node locked license is steep.

Total Commander is 50% more expensive than that. I was going to say that it's worse value because of it, then I realised that not only is it a multi-computer license for the registered user, but that also the past 15-20 years of updates would have been free if I bought it.

That's actually decent. I'm part of the Linux ecosystem for now (so I can't run it other than Wine), but if I was on Windows, I'd likely invest in a license. Considering that it's still being updated for new machines after so long, and retains support all the way back to Windows 95, it's good value for money.

[xpil]

I've been using TC since when NC was a thing. Got a proper license for it some 10 years ago, when I could finally afford it. One of the most irreplaceable bits of software ever (at least for me).

[II2II]

> I appreciate the software development costs, but £25 for a single node locked license is steep. I'd like to see that extended to at least a couple of PCs + a laptop as many advanced users (who can regex :) ) are likely to have at least a couple of PCs round the house in these work from home days.

Ignoring the cost, Directory Opus is one of the few pieces of software that I have not encountered licensing issues with. Need to reinstall Windows, the certificate is applied without a fuss. Need to transfer the license to a new computer, the certificate is applied without a fuss. Using an old version, the certificate is applied without a fuss and disabling the update manager means it won't pester you to upgrade. The only time I was grumpy with their support policies was when I had to upgrade to update SSH support.

[mintyc]

Some further thoughts and a more positive spin based on watching the (breathtakingly fast) what's new video...

Several of the features regarding merging, synchronisation, metadata handling are available now (not in the 'DOpus 12 light' release from 2017 I was using).

I will gladly pay my money for the pro version and look forward to using the latest version with my own cat videos.

(Still consider the features as too configurable and not easily 'discoverable' particularly for 'normal' rather than 'tech' users)

I also recognise how amazingly talented the small DOpus12 team are. They've implemented something that Microsoft should have done....