Re: [Usability]Nautilus toolbar simplification

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

Le lun 10/03/2003 à 20:55, Michael Toomim a écrit :
> I think the nautilus toolbar(s) could stand to be simplified quite a 
> bit.  Right now, nautilus has two toolbars (one is named the "location 
> bar"), because everything wouldn't fit on a single toolbar.
> 
> But it seems like most of the buttons are unneeded:
>    o "Back" is the same as "Up" for most file-browsing operations.  Users
>      don't need both.
>    o Studies have shown that "Forwards" is used <8% as much as "Back"
>      during web browsing.  During file-browsing, "Forwards" is even less
>      important, since it takes you to a folder or file that's already
>      visible with an icon in the main view of the file manager (the one
>      you just exited out of).
>    o As for "Stop" -- why would you ever want nautilus to freeze in the
>      middle of displaying a directory?  Or any other type of file?  I
>      think that this button is rarely useful.
>    o "Home" is accessible from many other locations: I have a link on
>      my desktop, in my start menu, in the go menu, via "Alt-Home", etc.
>      Nautilus takes me to my home directory whenever I open a new window.
>      I rarely need a quick-access link back to that home folder after
>      I've left that folder to go elsewhere, so I don't see a need for a
>      home button on the toolbar of every file-manager window I open.
>    o "Reload" shouldn't be needed if FAM et. al. is doing its job, right?
>      And if it IS needed, you have View->Reload and Ctrl-R.
> 
> Anyway, it seems like all this UI stuff was designed back when nautilus 
> was a web browser, and then none of it was ever taken out.  Simplifying 
> these features would make Nautilus a way-better file manager, IMHO.
> 
> Here are some before-and-after mockups...
> 
> Current toolbars:
>     http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~toomim/current_toolbars.png
> Redesigned toolbar:
>     http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~toomim/redesigned_toolbar.png
> 
> I'd imagine that there has already been some discussion on this topic. 
> I don't want to retread old conversations.  Does anyone know of existing 
>   threads on this issue?   Or is there somebody actively working it?
> 
> There are a bunch of other simplifications that I think nautilus could 
> use as well, but I'd really like to see the toolbar cleaned up first.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Michael

There is a discussion about it on Bugzilla. I can't find it back though
:( In this discussion, I also asked for the removing of the "location"
field.

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