1. In 2.2 whether the sidebar, location bar etc.. are on is saved by the
current state.
2. AFAIK there is a new tree in development.
3. Trees suck anyway ;)
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 04:29, Fabio Gomes wrote:
> Hello, folks.
>
> I'm using Nautilus 2.0.6 (which comes with Red Hat 8.0) and I would
> like to share with you some opinions about Nautilus interface (and GNOME
> in general).
>
> Please note that I'm not a member of nautilus-list, so I will follow the
> discussion from the web archive. Also, I'm not a native English speaker,
> so my words may be confusing at some points.
>
> Well, let's work. I think that:
>
> 1. The Side Pane on/off state should be saved as well as its current
> component being used (such as Tree or History);
>
> 2. Everything that Nautilus can access (filesystem, configuration,
> cameras, rpms, fonts, network, etc.) should be able to be accessed in an
> usable way from the Tree;
>
> 3. The Tree selection should follow the user as he/she navigates through
> folders, machines, etc.;
>
> 4. Right-clicking on a Tree item should bring up the same pop-up menu as
> when clicking on the Icon View;
>
> 5. More Tree: when a folder does not have any subfolder, its arrow
> should not be visible. This means that Nautilus should scan for
> subfolders each folder which is expanded in the tree. (In 2.0.6, it
> always shows the arrow and, when there are no subfolders, an "(Empty)"
> subitem is shown);
>
> 6. Even more Tree: Tree items should behave exactly like Icon View
> items, so emblems, custom icons and context menus would work the same
> way. I think this envolves (a lot of) code sharing between the icon view
> and the Tree.
>
> I think a Tree is very important in a graphical file manager. Without a
> tree, Drag and Drop is almost useless, specially when dealing with small
> screens (1024x768 or 800x600).
>
> As a GNOME lover, I've been following the project since the beginning. I
> see that GNOME has a GREAT usability culture and I simply love the
> improvements made to Gnome 2.
>
> But i'ts a pity that the Nautilus Tree was almost abandoned (as we can
> see) in favor of Usability. I've read in some mailing list that "a tree
> confuses users". I noticed that sometimes we think too much about
> Usability and forget to think about PRODUCTIVITY, which is a very
> important subject. A tree is non-usable but is DEAD productive. At the
> same time, an icon-only interface with navigation buttons is usable but
> is non-productive.
>
> I think the user should be able to choose between productivity or
> usability. Yes. The Tree should be invisible by default. :)
>
> Thank you guys for developing Nautilus. I love it more at each new release.
>
> Fabio Gomes de Souza
> fabio gs2 com br
>
> NAUTILUS TREE! NAUTILUS TREE! NAUTILUS TREE! NAUTILUS TREE! :D
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