Re: File roller extracting with double click, bug/feature ?

[Andreas Nilsson <lists andreasn se>]

On 2016-11-12 18:00, Baptiste Saleil wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> File roller extract my archives in current directory by double click 
> since 3.22
> Is this a bug or a feature ?
>
> If it's a feature, is there a bug report or discussion I can track to 
> understand why devs choose to make this change ?
>
> IMHO, this is one of the most stupid features which is again probably 
> copied from the full-of-stupid-features MacOS.
> I mean, if you really want to extract an archive in the current 
> directory, there is the "Extract here" context menu entry, and it's 
> literaly the same amount of clicks.

I would categorize it as a feature, but it might have certain surprising 
behavior bits about it, that breaks yours and others expectations.
Probably a good candidate for some usability testing in the future.

Having extraction support in a file manager is also present in Midnight 
Commander, Windows Explorer (from XP and forward), ES File Explorer on 
Android and probably a bunch of others that I'm forgetting about right now.
As someone else pointed out in the thread, there is a checkbox to turn 
it off in Nautilus.

-- Below is some documentation about how it came to be --

GSOC project idea:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SummerOfCode/2016/Ideas

GSOC project summary:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/projects/5271934111580160/

Here are some blog posts on the subject:
https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/gsoc-2016-the-adventure-begins/
https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/extraction-support-in-nautilus/
https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/automatic-decompression-of-archives/
https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/internal-compression/
https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/an-awesome-experience/

And the bug report that implements the functionality:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768646

It was also in the news:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/07/native-nautilus-file-extract-archive
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nautilus-Improved-Extraction

- Andreas