[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Beta Release: FX 3.0.0.17:

Available in the beta channel on Google Play (may take a moment to become available, uploaded shortly before this post).

Direct download version: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r3017/FX_r3017.apk

FX 3.0 is now available in beta. This version is a major user interface update/design change.

New User Interface

Holo Action Bar menus are now used throughout FX.

All new icons. Color "content" icons have been updated, including using some AOSP-based icons where appropriate. Monochrome "action" icons are now used for all menu items.

Animation. On by default, may be disabled in appearance settings.

A "Selection Mode" is now used when selecting items. Once you select an item via swipe-to-select or enter multi-select mode, the main menu is replaced with a selection menu. The selection menu includes options such as cut, copy, delete, and other operations which work on multiple selected files.

The "File" menu has been removed. The New File and New Folder options have moved to the "main" Holo menu, while the options that required a selection are now located in the "selection mode" menus.

The "Window" menu is available by tapping the "FX" menu icon in the upper left corner of the screen. The number of open windows is indicated by the number of bars next to the FX menu (up to three, with four bars being used to indicate four or more windows).

In landscape orientations the path bar is now combined into the action bar to save screen space. This feature can be disabled via the settings if desired, or you can also enable it in portrait orientation (requires a large screen device).

Improved KitKat 4.4 MicroSD Workaround: you can now create folders using the workaround. The workaround must be enabled in the settings (under File Management). Disclaimer: this is an experimental workaround that will likely be deliberately broken by future versions of Android. In KitKat-SDcard-related error messages, there's now a direct link to get SDFix from the Play Store (if you have the root add-on installed).

Added support for creating and extracting 7zip archives (currently does not support browsing).

Added support for browsing Tar, Tar/GZ, and Tar/BZip2 archives.

Tar, Tar/GZ, Tar/BZip2 archives now support creation and extraction of archives with UNIX permission data (SetUID, SetGID, and sticky bits are dropped for security though). To do this, you must create archives using root access, and/or copy files out of archives using root access.

Added a trivial "pop-up" audio player (intended for use previewing tracks or playing voicemails).

Obligatory screenshots. Click them for 1920x1080 versions.

The home screen, landscape mode, showing the path bar inline with the action bar:

The "flip" animation playing after the path bar has been dragged to the bottom of the screen, engaging the "Flip to New Window" feature:

An action bar pull down menu:

Selection action mode, with the action bar being replaced by the selection menu:

The window slide out menu:

Portrait orientation, showing conventional separate path and action bar:

Google Play Beta Testing information

You can sign up for beta testing using the Google Play Store's new app beta-testing feature.

If you'd like to beta test FX, you can do so by joining this Google+ community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704

Once you've joined, you can opt-in to use beta instead of released version here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx