Re: Nautilus CD/DVD Creator should show current size in status bar

[Todd Chambery <todd chambery gmail com>]

Serpertine is slick.  It's easily the best integrated music CD
tool available, but attractive and useful as it is, the UI probably
violates Nautilus guidelines.  I really think just adding a
"current size" to the status bar cover my needs (ie not having to check
the size through the "Write to CD" dialog).

I looked at the nautilus code for the first time last night, and I
think it could be implemented fairly simply.  Basically: 
- add a listener for drag and delete events
- get the size (nautilus-cd-burner.estimate_size())
- print the size to the statusbar (nautilus-window.nautilus_window_set_status()).


Todd

On 8/31/05, Corey Burger <corey burger gmail com> wrote:

On 8/31/05, Todd Chambery <todd chambery gmail com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  I was creating a CD yesterday from various files scattered throughout the
> filesystem, and noticed that the CD/DVD Creator does not show the current
> size of the virtual CD.  It is true this information can be found in the
> File->Properties and File->Write to CD dialogs, but when adding many small
> folders/files to a CD (wanting to use the maximum space available), it can
> be frustrating to check these dialogs with each addition.
>
>  I think adding a "Current size: xxxM" string to the statusbar would be
> useful and not terribly expensive if updated only on add/delete/manual
> refresh.
>
>  I'll submit a feature request, but would like feedback if anyone has an
> opinion.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Todd

I would suggest that people look at the serpentine UI. While not
perfect, it goes a long way towards showing what the user wants and
little more.

http://s1x.homelinux.net/projects/serpentine
Corey