Re: Open with Files?

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <andrew pitonyak org>]

On 12/08/2011 07:01 AM, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 12:48 PM, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > > What is "Nautilus"? Our file manager has "Files" as the user-visible
> > > name in its .desktop file - that the executable / bugzilla component
> > > happens to be "nautilus" is an implementation detail.
> > > (Note that the strings for the notification actions are build
> > > from .desktop files, for the above "Open with " + the name of the
> > > default application for inode/directory)
> > Maybe "Files" is not the best name then... WHy not call it "File
> > browser" or "File manager" instead?
>
> Lets think this through for a moment.  The tooltip on Favourites tab
> shows "Firefox" for Firefox, "Empathy" for Empathy, "Shotwell" for
> "Shotwell". .....  then "Files" for Nautilus.  What's wrong with calling
> the application its real name in this case?
>
> I'll go with Julien's suggestion if "Nautilus" wont sell, but "Files" is
> just ambiguity (and confusion) in disguise.
How about a bug / feature request that allows me to say "none of the 
above", because frequently I don't want the shell to do anything and I 
have no way to do this without either ejecting the newly mounted drive 
or opening Nautilus and then killing Nautilus. Historically, I simply 
clicked on the x in the upper right corner to kill the popup, but that 
is not available for this if I remember correctly.

I do agree that the name "Files" feels odd and when I first mounted a 
drive I was thinking "what is this?".

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