Re: [PATCH] - New sidepanel plug-in for Gtk bookmarks and places

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-27 at 15:23 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
>
> > Attached is a patch (+2 new files) for a cool new sidepanel plug-in for 
> > the browser that mimics the GTK FileChooser. Files 
> > nautilus-places-sidebar.* need to be in the src subdirectory.
> >
> > See my new blog for further info and screenshots:
> > http://www.advogato.org/person/jamiemcc/diary.html?start=0
>
>
> I must say i don't understand this at all. Its basically the tree view
> without any features, but with the bookmarks visible always and a couple
> of button taking up a lot of space for functions that are easily
> accessible in the menu already.
>
> What is the usecase for this?

1) Strong user demand - see nat friedman's blog at 
http://nat.org/2005/may/#New-Linux-desktop-software

2) New file managers like thunar are heading this way (os/x already does 
it this way)

3) Nice and consistent with the GTKFileChooser way of navigating.

I am personally more productive with it too as mounted volumes and 
common places are now easily within reach.

jamie.