Re: [Usability]Re: Preferences view ugliness

[Mark Nelson <nels1678 tc umn edu>]

> On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 17:29, Richard Hestilow wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 15:32, Seth Bayens wrote:
> > > I agree. There at least should be a command line
> > > option to enable the old view. I always end up
> > > gnome2-control-center --use-shell
> 
> That doesn't work for me.
> 
>     milkplus:~> gnome2-control-center --use-shell
>     gnome2-control-center (pid:26573): ** WARNING **: Could not find
>     directory of control panels [preferences:///]
>     
> -- 
> Ettore

Hi, if you are running debian, you don't have gnome-desktop-data
installed.  if you strace the gnome2-control-center binary you'll likely
find that you are missing the file:

/usr/share/gnome/vfolders/Settings.directory

Also, I'm in agreement with the others.  I really don't like the
nautilus preferences view.  The new gnome2-control-center is a much
simpler interface, it's cleaner, and it doesn't give me the impression
that I'm looking at a folder with a bunch of programs in it, rather than
a program used to configure my computer.

--
Mark