GNOME Menu File Browser Applet
Sometimes you just want to open or execute a file in a directory you use a lot. Opening a file manager, browsing to and opening the file and then closing the file manager is a lot of work if you have to do it often enough. The Menu File Browser Applet is an applet for the GNOME Panel. It lets put one or more directories of your choice on the GNOME Panel as menus. You can browse and open files in these directories (and their subdirectories) directly from the panel, without having to open a file manager.
I had tried to use the Menu File Browser applet a few versions ago and found it ugly and somewhat buggy, but version 0.5.4 seems to blend properly with the GNOME Panel and has a property editor that makes it easy to set up a directory as a menu. Best of all, I haven't ecountered any bugs in several days of use.
The Menu File Browser Applet has a number of nice features:
* Browse and open files in your computer from the panel
* Respects GNOME mime type options and includes mime icon in menu
* Middle clicking in a directory header will open a terminal in that directory
* Smart(er) handling of executable files: left click opens for editing, middle click runs it.
* Configuration options (directories and labels to show, select icon, show/hide icon, show hidden, select terminal)
* Displays message for empty directories or failure to open a directory.
This applet has quickly become one of the most used applets on my panel.
Operating System: Linux (GNOME Desktop Environment)
Price: Free
Web Site: http://code.google.com/p/gnome-menu-file-browser-applet/
