Re: Nautilus toolbar simplification

[Alan <alan ufies org>]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:32:25PM -0800, Michael Toomim wrote:
> Jens Knutson wrote:
> >On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 13:55, Michael Toomim wrote:
> >
> >>  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.
> >
> >I'm not sure this can go safely.  What about remote file systems?  SMB,
> >NFS, FTP, WebDAV - all of these could use a stop button about as much as
> 
> Even with remote file-systems -- why would you ever want nautilus to 
> freeze after drawing half a directory?  I can't imagine any scenario 
> where I would want nautilus to stop-- and do nothing.  If the user 
> hasn't clicked the back button (or given nautilus any other command to 
> execute) there generally can't be any harm done in drawing the rest of a 
> location.

Well, if you have an older machine and accidently go into a directory
containing a bunch of huge png files that start thumbnailing and bring
your system to a halt, or slow enough that you just want the activity to
stop.  Or if you go to ftp://user thewrongpassword@host.com and want to
stop before you get a 'can't log in' message.  Maybe not hugely common
occurances, but things to consider IMHO.

> In any case, I don't think that the stop button is used frequently 
> enough in day-to-day file-management tasks to warrant a toolbar button. 
>   When you're browsing directories and files you generally don't want 
> to suddenly tell nautilus to "stop and do nothing".  And the feature is 
> always available via the "escape" key and the menus if you do.

As long as it's available that's good :)

alan

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