Re: Nautilus 2.6 - We're going all spatial

[Roberto Rosselli Del Turco <rosselli ling unipi it>]

Seth Nickell wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 13:10, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
>
> >      * You are actually making the Nautilus model more complicated (not
> >        simpler) by exposing the user to two completely different kinds
> >        of windows, for "object" and "navigation" purposes.  This seems
> >        to defeat the basic premise of making the model easier to learn.
>
>
> It makes the Nautilus model more complicated for users who choose to
> work through the navigator.

In all fairness, you should add this sentence at the end of the 
"disclaimer" paragraph of your initial message/post on gnomedesktop ("I 
want to emphasize that we are not removing the navigation window" etc.), 
so that the average user/tester knows there will be a (somewhat painful) 
trade-off.

FWIW, I fully agree with Ettore: I see only trouble in merging two very 
different metaphors in the same app, besides if they have to be very 
different (to quote A. Larsson: "The navigation model window must 
clearly be something "different", that is used by users who 
understands/prefer that model"), why don't you go for two different 
applications? i.e.:

- a full OO file manager;
- a full "Navigator" app, to browse folders and web pages alike.

You only have to strip Nautilus of all Navigation stuff (which would 
probably help in making it faster, as an OO file manager should be) and 
add all that's missing to Epiphany (/me runs fast to dodge Marco's 
bullets ;)))

Ciao

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