On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 10:51, Alexander Larsson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 22:10, Andrew Sobala wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 15:28, Dave Camp wrote: > > > During the nautilus 2.4 cycle there was some discussion on > > > nautilus-list about the "Object Oriented" metaphor vs. the "Navigation > > > Metaphor". That thread started at > > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2002-September/msg00093.html > > > (read that mail if you need an introduction to the OO and Navigation > > > metaphors). > > > > > > Our general opinion coming out of that thread was that the Object > > > Oriented metaphor was probably easier to learn, and built a stronger > > > conceptual model for users, but that the convenience benefits of a > > > navigation window outweighed those. > > > > > > > It's interesting to look at the "number of clicks" to do different jobs > > with the navigation and OO metaphores. > > > > eg: Moving a file from ~/a/b1/ to ~/a/b2 > > > > Oo: Open home. Open b1. Click on home window to bring to front. Open b2. > > Click on home window to bring to front. Close home window. Drag file. > > Close b1. Close b2. TOTAL: 9 clicks. > > This is totally ignoring the "features" of spatial browsing. If you want > to do this copy its highly likely that b1 and b2 are related in some > way, and often used together. Therefore the b1 and b2 windows are > already placed such that they don't overlap home or each other. > > This means: open home, click b1, click b2, drag file, close b1, close > b2. TOTAL: 6 clicks. You're right, I forgot that. Woops :) Presumably as a UI it will get easier to use over time, as it "learns." -- Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>
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