Re: [Nautilus-list] Results of MIT usability testing

[Miles Lane <miles megapathdsl net>]

tom georgoulias wrote:

> tom georgoulias wrote:
>
> > "Christopher D. Beland" wrote:
> >
> > > > > Actually, they did, or at least one person did, but the Duplicate
> > > > > command was not active, greyed out.
> > > It wasn't an AFS-related bug.  It was because the users had already
> > > opened the files in "View as Text" mode.  In PR3, in this mode, the
> > > Duplicate option on the File menu is not greyed out; it just doesn't
> > > exist at all.
> > >
> > > My personal recommendation would be that a double-click launches an
> > > external editor, or optionally a dialog that asks the user what app
> > > they want to use to edit or view the file.
> >
> > I fully agree with this.  Even after using Nautilus all day, every day
> > for a month, I still find myself double clicking on files to open them
> > up and work on the contents.  It's a hard habit to break.
>
>
> Actually, I just found out you *can* do this by changing the default
> application in the file handler.  I'm a little ashamed for writing my
> statement above before fully investigating, but I don't know how long
> this feature has been active so it may have just been added or
> implemented.

Well, a lot of usability for the majority of users
has to do with defaults that give them familiar
GUI behavior.  I think all such options should default
to Windoze-like behavior and then geeks can tweak those
settings to their heart's content.

	Miles