Fsum Frontend - hashing program

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Re: Fsum Frontend - hashing program

#16 Post by smaragdus »

@billon
Thank you for adding Fsum Frontend to the database, I wasn't aware of this utility and I find it to be quite useful.

Some observations:
-the UPX version uses slightly more memory.
-files and folders cannot be dragged directly to the program but Fsum Frontend has a drop basket- I see this feature in a check-sum tool for the first time.
-the program can be minimized to system tray, cool.
-the program preserves its window size and position after restart, nice.
-Fsum Frontend doesn't offer context menu so the generated hashes should be copied via "CTRL+C" one by one if the user doesn't want to save a report, for me this is not handy.
-"CTRL+A" doesn't work neither for the added files (they have to be removed one by one, there is no "Clear All" option), nor for the calculated hashes.
-the program offers short keys but they cannot be customized.
-check-sum files are generated very fast but a different location for these files cannot be specified- all check-sum files are created in the added folder.
-Fsum Frontend is a nice-looking, well-written piece of software, I am really sorry it has been abandoned since in my opinion it just needs a minor tweaking to become perfect.

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