Re: Simplified Nautilus (with less chrome)

[Fernando Morais <nandox7 gmail com>]

2010/1/22 Jango <j 4 gmx at>:
> On 22/01/10 13:00, nautilus-list-request gnome org wrote:
>>
>> Message: 3 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:48:43 +0100 From: Alexander Larsson
>> <alexl redhat com> To: David Siegel <david siegel canonical com> Cc:
>> nautilus-list <nautilus-list gnome org> Subject: Re: Simplified Nautilus
>> (with less chrome) Message-ID: <1264153723 20197 4 camel fatty>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 12:50 -0600,
>> David Siegel wrote:
>>>
>>> >  I agree that the toolbar has not become too much more complex, but
>>> >  with all of the interest in a simplified default toolbar, to add even
>>> >  one more widget seems completely counterproductive and against the
>>> >  interest of most users.
>>> >  >  On the other hand, changing the location bar to fit just over the
>>> > file
>>> >  view is a really nice change. It's a much better use of space, as you
>>> >  pointed out.
>>> >  >  I think you're approach to the split view is reasonable -- you
>>> >  acknowledge that it really increases the complexity of the
>>> >  application, but users who don't use it won't be affected much;
>>> >  however, I do think you underestimate how much more confusing and
>>> >  unpleasant the default toolbar becomes for the majority of users, even
>>> >  when only one or two widgets are added. Perhaps we can simply remove
>>> >  the zoom and view selector from the toolbar entirely? These features
>>> >  are used relatively rarely, are accessible in the View menu, and have
>>> >  great shortcuts.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that is one of the approaches that seem most likely. However, I
>> don't just want to remove them without having any way to get them back.
>> Thus we want the toolbar editor work as it allows us to strip things
>> down without regressing the experience for people that use them.
>>
>> --
>>
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>> Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc
>
> I really like, that the zoom and the view selector are in the same toolbar!
> But now it looks a little bit overloaded.
> You can defuse it by aligning the zoom, view selector and the search to the
> right side.
> Then you can find the search button more easily (it will always be on the
> very right) and you have grouped the whole bar into two categories.
> In the middle there will be some space making it to look limbered up. And if
> you make the window smaller it should add the separator again as it is now.
>
> Regards,
> Jango
>
>
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