DigitalVolcano Software Support

I have a suggestion for enhancement...

Duplicate Cleaner is a marvelous tool, but I think it would be even more awesome if all folder contents were displayed on a treemap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treemap), like Windirstat does (http://windirstat.info).

There are many benefits of showing a treemap in Duplicate Cleaner, such as:

• When you click on a file on the treemap, it could highlight all corresponding duplicates.
• When you select files for removal using criteria, it could highlight such files in the treemap.
• Selecting a folder on the treemap or treeview allows for options "show unique files of this tree" and "show duplicates of this tree", which in turn highlights them elsewhere in the treemap.
• One can perform changes such as removal or archiving directly on the treemap, which is safer than trying to interpret selection options.

Also, WinDirStat has more than 5 years of inactivity and has a terribly slow directory access. Duplicate Cleaner seems to be much faster to scan files than WinDirStat, probably because it uses better APIs or has more tunning. But this is not to denigrate status of WinDirStat, which is still an incredible tool with no comparable alternative after more than 5 years.

Thanks, this is very interesting- I haven't come across treemaps before. I'll bookmark this and see if it is something that i can use if i get time!