Haiku Tracker is a

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for managing files of the

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. It is somewhat similar to Finder on Mac OS 9 and

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. Haiku Tracker is based on OpenTracker which in turn is based on Tracker found in the BeOS.

History

The original Tracker was created by Be Inc., as part of BeOS, but was

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d in late 2000. The project was managed by Be until its close-down in late 2001, when it moved to

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under the guidance of Axel Dörfler, the chief non-Be contributor. It is under the

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, which is a barely modified

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that allows the use of the Be trademark Tracker to be used.

Deskbar

The Deskbar is a

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that is by default placed in the upper right corner of the screen of the

. It is composed of the deskbar menu, the tray (clock information panel) and the list of running programs. The Tracker is always shown on the top of the list of running programs.

Using Tracker

Mounting Volumes

In order to access any

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for the first time the user has to mount the volume, that means, let the system know it is there. This is done with a right-click on the Desktop, then choosing volume from the Mount submenu, which is also found in Deskbar.

Drilling down the submenus

This is a useful feature of the Tracker. Instead of double-clicking in order to open a folder, the user can right-click and move down the hierarchy in the submenu. Every folder is represented by another submenu, not by new window.

Transaction status

The Tracker shows the progress of copying, moving or deleting files. It also lets the user stop or pause current transactions.

External links

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Haiku Tracker on the Haiku user Guide

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