Re: Nautilus UI/String freeze break request



On 15 September 2012 00:44, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimoc gnome org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I apologize for the many freeze break requests for Nautilus this
> cycle, but I have one last request to commit an UI/string change.
> Currently we have two mimetype columns for List view: one (enabled by
> default) displaying its description as a (typically long) string, and
> another one displaying the "raw" mimetype string.
> Bug 683722 [1] proposes to change the default column to use a more
> generic and compact string describing the mimetype; for instance, all
> the images would be displayed as "Image". The goals are to make it
> possible to group objects of the same family when sorting, and to
> reduce the horizontal space such a column takes in the default list
> view layout. The raw mimetype string would still be available
> unchanged as a view option for more advanced filtering.
>
> The patch is available on the bug and introduces a bunch of new
> (short) strings. I think this would add a good extra polish for
> Nautilus 3.6.
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=683722

A bit late in the cycle, but seems an important improvement, so 1/2
for release team


-- 
Javier Jardón Cabezas


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