Re: [OT]Nautilus imbedding [Was]:Re: Gnome multimedia plan

[Joe Shaw <joe ximian com>]

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 06:44, Calum Benson wrote:

> FWIW, Windoze tries to solve this problem by allowing you to open media
> files in a sidebar-embedded media player, thus allowing you to keep
> browsing in the main part of the window.  

Mac OS X also does this, at least if you use the NeXT-style mode of the
Finder.

> Personally I don't see much advantage to doing that over launching an
> external media player though, especially as you can't configure it to
> embed something better than WMP :)

It'd be a nice thing to have if we ever have a sidebar-like preview
dealie in Nautilus, but I agree with you.

Joe