Re: Browser Mode by Default [Was: Nautilus]

[Kalle Vahlman <kalle vahlman gmail com>]

On 12/23/05, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:
> Spatial memory applies to the icons within windows, not just to the
> windows themselves. But that's not useful where the number of items in
> a single folder is so great that scrolling prevents you from having any
> spatial memory for most of the items.

I think this is not entirely true. The effect is not as strong, but if
you keep the window the same size, you always have to scroll the same
amount. This gives a rough direction for starting the search for the
wanted folder for example ("scroll to end and then few clicks up").
That coupled with the fact that the horizontal position remains even
if you scroll up and down helps more than the compactness of the list
view in my opinion.

/me finding himself "losing" folders upon changing the wideness of
certain windows

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