Nautilus usability and nit-picks

[Chris Chabot <chabotc xs4all nl>]

In my quest to convert to a null-gui user, i am attempting to start 
using nautilus full time on my desktop.  However while running it i ran 
into a few things that strike me as different-then-what-i -would-expect 
(Tm).

First of all, when i drag & drop a file  (from window to window or 
window to desktop) it copies the file, instead of moving it.. This for 
me feels as very counter-intuitive (in real life when i move stuff 
around, it doesn't copy it self, but actualy 'moves' ;-) Also this is 
the type of behaviour Windows has made me to come to expect from a file 
manager.. drag&drop = move..

Secondly when i right-click on a folder (with files copy or cut) and 
select 'Paste Files', it pastes it to the root, and not into the folder 
i right clicked! Again i have come to expect that this would mean 'Past 
the files into the folder i selected' and not 'paste it into the current 
window'

(These two combined have already caused some messing up on my desktop)

Also, when you try to double a file that hasn't been associated with an 
application yet, it will ask you if you want to do so now.. Then when 
you do (forinstance in my case, associate a .php file with gedit) it 
doesn't open the .php file when you ok'd the association.. (ie: you have 
to double click it again). This also feels counter-intuitive and 
counter-pre-learned

Lastly, but thats just a nit-pick, it seems odd that the menu reads 'Cut 
File' (or files with multiple selected) instead of just 'Cut'. First of 
all a user might not have a 'file' reference.. its his 'document' right? 
Secondly, it's different from that i'm used to (in windows, etc you 
always 'cut' whatever you selected.. be it text, files or whatever). 
Lastly it gets to be confusing when i select folders and files.. cut 
files.. does that include the folders i selected?! I apreciate the 
'wordy user friendlyness' attempted, but it has only served to confuse 
me in that case)

On a positive note.. nautilus realy has sped up a lot.. looks very good 
(i like the (null) bluecurve default look a lot better then the default 
gnome look), and is very usable.. it realy is starting to feel 'right'.

   -- Chris

(Note: sending to both gnome and redhat lists, since it feels apropiate 
for both. Experiances are based on redhat's latest beta (null) with 
nautilus 2.0.4)