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Norton Commander-inspired interfaces were all rage back then. RAR for DOS had NC-like, single panel interface.

Somebody dignified them with the pompous title of "orthodox" file managers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager#Orthodox_file_man...

No, the Orthodox was Windows File Manager, because you know, icons!

Given the number of upvotes and comments on a story about MC a few days ago¹, they're not that dead now.

¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39075316

I use it nearly every day

In this tradition, 7-Zip GUI still has a dual-panel mode

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