Re: [Nautilus-list] Results of MIT usability testing

[John Sullivan <sullivan eazel com>]

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> Oh, one more thing that annonys me with the current built-in viewers.  When
> you watch a file with the built-ins, it's obviously going to replace the
> file list window.  If I want to see the files from the directory again, I
> need to click on "Back".  Assuming that performance is a non-issue (someday
> *G*), I assume that people might like this (not me, but that's besides the
> point).  The behaviour I describe below also happens when going to a
> directory.
> Now, what REALLY irritates *ME* is that going back to the file list window
> (with "Back") will take me to the top of the file list window.  Assume you
> have a directory with 100 images, and you want to view the image called
> "x.png".  After you're done with watching, you click on back.  Now you see
> the files "a.png", "b.png", "c.png" ...., but *NOT* the file "x.png".  To
> see this file again, you have to scroll down.
> *I* do not like this.  Others may, but not me.

I would be surprised if anybody likes this; it's not done because someone
thought it was better than remembering the scroll position, but just because
we haven't implemented the feature of remembering the scroll position. It's
currently bug 4028 in our bug database at bugzilla.eazel.com.

John