Re: [PATCH] bug 145237: parent-folders button does not look like a button

[Mystilleef <mystilleef gmail com>]

Hello,

I don't like the proposal. I don't want to have to wad through the
menu just to traverse folder hierarchy. I prefer it the way it is
right now. It is a lot more efficient, unfortunately, it isn't
discoverable. The problem is that of discoverability not
functionality.

With regards to the HIG, it is there as a guideline, not a hard and
fast rule we must all follow. The guidelines should be applied when it
makes sense, and discarded when it isn't practical. Spatial nautilus
is a distinct widget, I don't think it is practical to add yet another
menu to the menu toolbar because one wants to reach the parent
directory.

Lets focus on discoverability and not on changing nautilus expected
behaviour drastically. Personally, I liked the icon widget Micheal
proposed. In my experience, when people see icons, there's always a
propensity to click on it.


On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:16:05 +0200, Elia Cogodi <eliacogodi tin it> wrote:
> Frankly, I never liked having that button in the status bar, as it
> should be used to show... well, status of the selected items really.
> I can't see much good in the widget: it's not obvious visually, it
> requires to aim for a corner of the window for the mouse users and is
> also not great for keyboard navigation.
> 
> I don't know if the proposal was advanced in the past and rejected for
> some reason, but what about simply adding a new menu after "Places":
> call it "Parent folders", place the hierarchy in there in inverted order
> from parent to /, separator, "Open Parent", "Close Parent Folders" from
> File menu (they're out of place there anyway as the menu seems to apply
> to the selected folders). It would also be the right time to move "Open
> Location" and "Connect To Server" from File to Places menu :)
> 
> If for some reason you're still of the idea that the widget should stay,
> I think that the main reason for confusion in the users stems from it
> showing by default the very same name of the window... it looks like a
> label with no indication of its function. Following the old good HIG
> indication of using verbs in buttons, what about showing in there by
> default not the same window, but the first level parent and adding a "go
> to " in front of it...
> this way a user looking at a window representing /home/john/html/css
> would see in the bottom left a much more expressive button labeled "go
> to "html" "
> 
> PS: sorry to Alexander Larsson for that first mis-sent email
> --
> Elia Cogodi <eliacogodi tin it >
> 
> 
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