this is a proposed revision to the file manager standards

I understand that there are all sorts of alternative file managers available, for instance, to run on Windows and perhaps replace Windows File Manager. Maybe a document that reports on their features would be useful, especially if it conforms to the standards for such documents I've been promoting here.
As for the standards I want to apply to Windows File Manager (xp), which I like, and would only change here and there, I want File Manager to list the files in a folder in the order in which I left them, and let me move a file anywhere I like in the list. (More familiar alternatives such as by date, etc., are still available, and there's a back button to take you through various arrangements that you've used in that folder.)
The principle involved can be extended beyond just individual folders to encompass the whole file structure and all the symbols it manifests in a File Manager representation.