Short: Start button and explorer in one. Fast.
Uploader: s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Author:   s.e.m.lichtendahl@its.tudelft.nl (Stephan Lichtendahl)
Version:  1.6
Status:   GiftWare
Type:     util/wb
Requires: AmigaOS 3.5, PopupMenu.library v8.0, Reqtools.library v38.1436, wbrun.

Introduction:
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OK, so it is another one of those Windoze Start button lookalikes. However,
with this one you can browse your directory tree without ever needing to wait
for icons to load, because they are loaded dynamically. In addition, icons are
shown for files that do not have icons (based on filetype) and thumbnails are
created on the fly for Jpeg pictures. Most importantly, Dynamite is a lot
faster in loading icons, especially default icons, than Workbench / DOpus.

Features:
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 · Easy browsing to directories, starting files (with filetype recognition) and
   performing file management (copy, rename, delete, etc.).
 · Multiple items can be selected to operate upon.

 · Supports old, NewIcons and OS3.5 icon formats.
 · Shows default icons for files that do not have icons, based on filetype.
 · Shows 1/8 size thumbnails for Jpeg pictures, created on the fly.
 · Can scale all icons/thumbnails to a specified size.

 Dynamite is faster in displaying icons than Workbench / DOpus, because:
 · Only those icons are loaded that are on the current and next two "pages".
 · Only one default icon is loaded for each filetype and reused for every file
   of the same type.
 · You don't have to wait for the icons or thumbnails to finish loading.

 · Files and directories can be added to a hotlist for quicker access;
   they are also added automatically to the "Open with" and "Copy to" submenus.
 · Supports the creation of hierarchical hotlist structures, i.e. you can have
   one hotlist opening another and that one another, ...

 · Filetype recognition is based on file extensions. The "def_*.info" files in
   the "EnvArc:sys/" directory are used as default icons (e.g. "def_doc.info"
   for a "*.doc" file). The "Default Tool" entry is used to open a file and an
   "EDIT" tooltype can be specified as an alternative tool.

 · Memory pools are used to reduce memory fragmentation.

Version History
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Important: a lot of changes have happened, be sure to read the documentation!

Dynamite 1.6:
 · Icons are now scaled to fit the area specified by the MINX, MINY tooltypes.
 · Thumbnails are scaled to fit the area specified by the PICX, PICY tooltypes.
 · Finally thumbnails are displayed ok under all circumstances.
 · Shift-clicking items will only select them (multiple selection mode).
 · In multiple selection mode, Copy, Rename, Delete, etc. will operate on
   all selected files. In this mode, Delete displays a confirmation requester.
 · Added "Select all" to popup menu to select all items.
 · The "Copy to" feature now really copies and "Move to" will move (rename if
   possible) a file or directory. Hold shift when opening menu for "Move" mode.
 · A tool can be specified with the EDIT tooltype from a default icon, that is
   added to the "Open with" menu when opened on a file of the appropriate type.
 · Icons changed by the "ConvertNewIcons" and "ConvertMagicWBIcons" utilities
   are now displayed without redrawing the whole window.
 · Clicking on a file without an icon/thumbnail loaded will also load the image.
 · Removed bug in auto rename feature (files without extension with dot in path)

Dynamite 1.5:
 · Bugs introduced in 1.4 fixed: item selection was screwed up on window scrolling
   and thumbnails were freed that just weren't there.
 · On activating/deactivating the window, the current item will always get
   selected/deselected, popping the window to front when appropriate.
 · Added "Open with->default" to popup menus to open file with default viewer.
 · Now the "Open with->other" and "Copy to->other" features will automatically
   add the chosen tool/directory to the most recent hotlist as well.
 · Added hidden feature: opening a Jpeg picture with less than 4MB free Fast
   memory will first send a "CloseAll" Arexx message to ViewToolPPC.

Dynamite 1.4:
 · Thumbnails are now also scaled. Still a little flaky when the browser window
   is not frontmost (lack of color).
 · Files and directories are now separately sorted, directories are shown first.
 · Items can be sorted by name, date or size. File sizes and dates are shown
   when appropriate. Added submenu to change sorting mode.
 · Changed the popup menus a little: now includes a submenu for icons that
   contains "Info...", "Delete", "ConvNewIcon" and "ConvMWBIcon" where
   appropriate. The OS3.5 converticons tools are run for icon conversions.
 · Icon submenu and "Rename" option are disabled for devices.
 · When scrolling a browser window, icon/thumbnail loading will continue with
   the first visible icon when the mouse is released, skipping others.
 · When the mouse exits a browser window at the bottom, the window will only
   close if it's the main hotlist window (so windows don't close on requesters).
 · When toggling scaling on/off, window sizes are now correctly adjusted.
 · BugFix: tooltypes MULTIPLY and DIVIDE were defined instead of SCALEMUL and
   SCALEDIV.