On Sat, 2008-12-27 at 11:30 +0100, K. Starojitski wrote:
> When you browse Nautilus Tree View, there is no visual indication
> whether a directory has any subdirectories or not without clicking on a
> little triangle first. And then you get that really ridiculous "(Empty)"
> text if there no subs ... How can it be Empty if there are files in there?
>
> The Tree visualization pattern is so well known that i wonder how
> Nautilus devs could overlook this one.
>
> Removing triangle next to childless directories is the standard and
> intuitive way.
I believe the reason is that finding out if a folder contains subfolders
can be very slow on remote links, so it is done on demand. IIRC,
Windows XP does this too.
Ross
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