Re: Nautilus 2.6 - We're going all spatial



On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 22:54, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:12, Andrew Sobala wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 04:58, 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.
> > 
> > The navigator is the *only* way to get to devices in /mnt.
> 
> Which is a bug.  Devices in /mnt shouldn't need navigation - the user
> should be able to simple open removable volumes.  Refusing one possible
> interface design simply because of another unsolved but certainly
> solvable interface problem is a bit silly.
> 
> There's already a discussion going on accessing these media, lets see
> how well that can tie in with spatial navigation - we may be surprised. 
> Or find out it still sucks.  Won't know till we try, tho.  ;-)

I'm not refusing the interface design, I'm pointing out a problem with
it. If we can fix that with easy ways to get to devices, that's great.
-- 
Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>

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