Re: [Usability]Re: Tabs for Nautilus ?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Steve Tyler <styler mimiburns com> writes:
> One could argue that for consistency, Nautilus should have tabbed
> capability simply because Galeon, Gnome-Terminal, Gedit, etc all have
> it.  If I can view tabbed web pages in galeon and I browse (using
> nautilus) to a directory containing documents, I am already familiar
> with the concept of 'right-click/open in a new tab' in order to view a
> document and my first reaction would be to do the same thing.  I think
> these are the kind of UI consistency issues that really matter, that as
> a user, I can learn how to use gnome not how to use Nautilus, Galeon,
> Evolution, Gnucash, Gnumeric, Abiword....hopefully you get my point.
> 
> I'd love to backup my opinion with code, but I haven't made it all the
> way through my 'C Primer' book yet, but I'm working on it ;-)
> 
> [I've cc'd usability gnome org cos this is a usabilty issue...hope
> nobody minds]
> 

There's perhaps some truth to the viewpoint that tabs are a workaround
for inadequate window manager integration/functionality... just a
thought.

Havoc