Make it possible to visually distinguish older and newer files/directories, eg. by making them a little transparent
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Description
Inspired by #54. However, I do think that hidden files are not that relevant to the average user than ctime or mtime is.
For ages, I proposed the GNU project to add a similar feature to ls which was never addressed. Therefore, I developed https://github.com/novoid/vkl which does the trick of showing logarithmic scale of files according to their ctime/mtime/atime in the shell.
I'd love to see a visualization in a UI file manager like fman in order to quickly get an impression of the age distribution of the files which is independent of their sort order (in contrast to vkl or "sort by mtime").
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Research direction
The issue does not name repository files, tests, or an implementation entry point. Start by reviewing the existing file-manager UI and the linked vkl behavior, then define how ctime, mtime, or atime should affect visual opacity and what users should see when the feature is complete.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- design, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100