Re: [Nautilus-list] Improved nautilus tree view?

[Mark Finlay <linuxexpert eircom net>]

On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 16:04, Matthew J. Doller wrote:
> this is something that comes up on this list at least once a month or
> so, and everyone usually chimes in with "yeah, make the tree more
> functional!"
> while it is a good idea, i may be going out on a limb here by saying
> that i disagree on the implementation.  i dont think that the tree is
> the problem here's why:
> putting arbitrary "limbs" into the tree view, like "local files",
> "home", "windows network", etc. can be done in either one of two ways. 
> predefine them, or have the user define them.
> predefining them is a bad idea, because things like "windows network"
> may not exist.
> having the user define them is also a bad idea, because it just adds
> another area into the already crowded nautilus preferences.

have you seen how KDE does it's sidebar - it is in a hidden subfolder
under $HOME - i had very little trouble adding a home "limb"
 and a mounts "limb".

Mark