EOT, please[was Re: Gnome 2.6: What were you thinking?]

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

Can we /please/ take this thead off d-d-l? this is just /not/
appropriate for a list where people are trying to get work done.

Luis

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 12:29 -0500, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> El jue, 13-05-2004 a las 18:17, jamie escribió:
> 
> > 
> > Thats totally different. By popping up windows at various places on a
> > desktop you will be slowed down by having to move your eyes and mouse
> > much further particularly if you have a large desktop.
> 
> You are not counting with the fact that your brain will AUTOMATICALLY
> move your eyes without even thinking about it once you click a familiar
> icon, so when the window appears, your eyes will be looking at the
> subject folder.
> 
> Muscular memory, that's one reason for spatial mode.
> 
> > 
> > True but spatial is discrete and not always more intuitive . People will
> > create hierarchical folders for hierarchical files E.G. they may have an
> > accounts folder which contains folders for accounting years so the
> > hierarchical layout makes more sense than the spatial one (I.e.
> > /home/user/work/accounts/2004 has more meaning than 2004 on its own). By
> > saying spatial mode makes directory hierarchy more irrelevant you also
> > make it less organised and intuitive in that way.
> 
> Why?  I can drill down work/acccounts/2004 in less than a few seconds
> with spatial nautilus.  I *know* what a directory hierarchy is, but the
> majority of people don't. They shouldn't need to know how a camshaft
> works in order to drive a car.
> 
> We're empowering people.  Simple people and advanced people.  Both of
> them.
> 
> > 
> > jamie.
> > 
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