bordoley msu edu wrote:
Manuel Clos said: >My idea is to have a "mime type" entry just after "open with..." that >has all these options. So the menu will always be there and will never >get empty. > >So, for "image" mime type you get: > >open >open in new window <--- remove this one please ;) >open with... >image ----> open <--- this one is bold because is the default action > print > rotate > resize > show notesThe HIG also states that context menus should not have sub-menus so either wayis a comprimise. also why would you have open in the context menu, I wouldfind this rather confusing to have two open menu entries. Also in regards to archives, I don't think they should have any menu entries. We need seemless integration of archives into nautilus (via vfs) anything else is masking theproblem.
Well, just because it is the _default_ action. But yes, I agree with open not being there.
So we already have submenus in the context menu. Adding a new one is no problem. I much prefer adding a submenu to menuitems not being always in the same place. Anyway, this is just my point of view.
Even if you have seemless integration of archives in nautilus, you want a "extract to ..." item, so you are not forced to clicking into the archive, waiting for nautilus to uncompress it (say a tar.gz) then show the contents (mime-type icon loading, long directory loading), then select all, copy and paste where you want the files (copy data already extracted).
When you just want the tar.gz archive unpacked, a simple uncompress here is very convenient.
So I think we should include all mime-type options under the same submenu, so the main context menu never gets cluttered.
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