Re: Feature Request

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 15:59, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 13:19, Christian Schneider wrote:
> > Patrick Kellaher wrote:
> > 
> > >I have three requests for inclusion into Nautilus:
> > >
> > >1) Make it easier to change the default file browser to the non-spatial
> > >file browser.
> > >  
> > >
> > This would definately be nice. The nautilus preferences would be a nice 
> > place for such a setting. Although I think the current lack of an easy 
> > widget to change the behaviour is on purpose. So the developers ensure 
> > that people at least try to use the spatial mode instead of turning it 
> > off right away because they are not familiar with it.
> > 
> 
> I have added that along with some more options for spatial mode
> (basically all the tweaks I'm planning to do to it). It will be
> available in a forthcoming patch by me.
> 
> See my new nauilus pref screenshot (I have added an extra tab for
> navigation to it - its not a mockup!) :
> 
> http://www.jamiemcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nautilus_pref_snapshot.png

Of course, this setting already exists in cvs, both in the stable and
head branches.

> > btw. I am no developer of nautilus. Like you I can only make suggestions.
> 
> I'm not a core developer of nautilus either but if you can program in C
> its easy enough to hack nautilus. Given the snail pace rate of
> development in Nautilus, if you want something done its best to do it
> yourself if you can - i've a feeling most of the enhancement requests
> will never be implemented otherwise...

Snail pace or not, you don't seem to be able to keep up. :)

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