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

[Alexander Skwar <ASkwar digitalprojects com>]

So sprach John Sullivan am Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 09:44:24AM -0800:
> Another argument I've heard is that the "Open With" buttons in the sidebar
> essentially are invisible because users have the Tree view up all the time.
> This is definitely a serious problem if true, since it also makes all the
> rest of the sidebar useless (Help, Notes, etc.). I'm curious why people
> leave the Tree up all the time -- maybe there are ways to make that not

Uhm, maybe I have a misinterpretation about what Nautilus is supposed to be.
For me, it's a file manager, ie. it allows me to do stuff to files. 
Managing files also includes moving around the directory tree.  For example,
I want to copy it from one directory to another one, where the target
directory is not a subdirectory of the source directory.

For this, I either need a directory tree, I should be able to copy-n-paste
it (a la Windows Explorer) or I should be able to right click on the file
and choose something like "Copy" which should present me a dialog asking for
the target directory.

Personally, I like the first approach most, because it is the fastest way to
do this.

And since Nautilus is a file manager to me, I start Nautilus when I want to
manage files.  As I tried to explain above, I need/want to have the tree
view up all the time.  The other views are nice - but I hardly ever use
them.

Alexander Skwar
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