Re: Cleaning up the nautilus context menu

[Maciej Katafiasz <mnews22 wp pl>]

Dnia 03-09-2004, pią o godzinie 01:03 +0200, Raphael Bosshard napisał:
> Am I the only one who thinks that the nautilus context menu could need 
> some love?
> 
> The things I'd like to see gone are:
> 1) "Strech Icon" / "Restore Icon's Original Size"
> I don't think that this is needed in the context menu. Changing the size 
> of the menu with the four little knobs is a tricky thing. And I don't 
> know if it is accessible. I'd propose moving it into the file's 
> properties, with a slider or something. This way even multiple files 
> could be resized at once. And they would all have the same size.

Provided there's instant feedback given, yes, that may be useful. Not
that I very often resize multiple icons (mostly individual ones I want
to emphasize), but that shouldn't be any worse in this case, and indeed
saves space in context menu.

> 2) "Use Default Background"
> I won't go so far and propose to remove the "Change Desktop Background" 
> entry. I guess to many are used to it from windows. But I thought about 
> proposing it.. ;) The "Use Default Background" entry is a different 
> case. I don't think that resetting to the default background is a task 
> so vivid used that it deserves a entry in the context menu. Why not make 
> a "Use Default Background" button in the Backgrond Preferences?

Patch was already submitted on nautilus-list, grep recent threads

Cheers,
Maciej

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