Thumbnailing feature request (was Re: Nautilus Concerns)

[Darin Adler <darin eazel com>]

on 5/3/01 10:14 PM, Erick Woods at erick omni ljm net wrote:

> Why is it that Nautilus needs to create the hidden (dot) directories
> everywhere for thumbnails?  I hate Windows, but Explorer is nice in that
> it can create thumbnail views on the fly without needing actual
> thumbnail pics everywhere.  THis is terribly ugly, especially when I
> browse the NT shares at work.  The sysadmins get really pissed.  I have
> turned off thumbnail views, but would like to have them the way Explorer
> has them.  Can this be done?

Perhaps.

If someone volunteers to work on this feature, I'd be happy to help them get
started and make sure it gets into a future Nautilus.

    -- Darin