Re: [Usability] Re: display full path in spatial nautilus

[netcat <netcat abox co il>]

Hasbullah Bin Pit wrote:

> Calum Benson menulis:
>
> > On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 23:32, David Adam Bordoley wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Using the full path as the window title makes the window list 
> > > thoroughly unusable for *most* users who aren't going to have ten 
> > > folders with the same name.[1]
> >
> >
> >
> > Perhaps in general there ought to be a way for a window to suggest a
> > sensible "abbreviated" name to any window-list-type app (e.g. just the
> > current document's filename, or just the current folder name)? 
> > Slavishly copying whatever's written in the titlebar has always seemed a
> > rather unhelpful idea to me, given that you're almost never going to be
> > able to read it all however styleguide-compliant it is.
>
>
> How about
>
> if the full path is /home/sebol/cvs/stable/nautilus/po
>
> 1.  display  1st 2 front folder & 2 end folder
>     "/home/sebol/.../nautilus/po"
>
> OR
> 2. truncate by number of char lets say 20 chars (including "/"
>    "...s/stable/nautilus/po" 

This one sounds good but emacs style mentioned earlier in the list
seems to be the best for now.

> OR
> 3. replace /home/sebol with ~/ but display full path
>   "~/cvs/stable/nautilus/po"
>
> OR
>
> 4. just display curent folder and one parent only
>    ".../nautilus/po"
>
> OR
> 5. "Open Parent" in _File menu replaced with
>    "Open Parent (nautilus)"
>
>
> OR
> 6. Display a ".." in folder listing, but
>    when we select it , display full path as tooltip or statusbar. 

Tooltip for what paernt or current ? Maybe "." and info for current
though it might be not exaptable for newbies ....

> > Cheeri,
> > Calum.


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