Re: Nautilus UI/String freeze break request

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org> wrote:
> On 15 September 2012 00:44, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I apologize for the many freeze break requests for Nautilus this
>> cycle, but I have one last request to commit an UI/string change.
>> Currently we have two mimetype columns for List view: one (enabled by
>> default) displaying its description as a (typically long) string, and
>> another one displaying the "raw" mimetype string.
>> Bug 683722 [1] proposes to change the default column to use a more
>> generic and compact string describing the mimetype; for instance, all
>> the images would be displayed as "Image". The goals are to make it
>> possible to group objects of the same family when sorting, and to
>> reduce the horizontal space such a column takes in the default list
>> view layout. The raw mimetype string would still be available
>> unchanged as a view option for more advanced filtering.
>>
>> The patch is available on the bug and introduces a bunch of new
>> (short) strings. I think this would add a good extra polish for
>> Nautilus 3.6.
>>
>> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683722
>
> A bit late in the cycle, but seems an important improvement, so 1/2
> for release team

+1 from me as well.