Re: [Nautilus-list] Re:3d overview

[Brian Fahrlander <kilroy kamakiriad com>]

mitch nuclear physics gatech edu wrote:

> It's sounds neat but is it needed or would it even be useful? There is no
> need in bloating a application just because you can. Nautilus and gnome
> needs to move in a professional direction and including extra gimmicks
> that serve no practical purpose isn't the way. If it's being done just for
> the fun of it, go for it and have fun. However, I don't feel this 3d
> overview should go into the main nautilus tree unless it can prove some
> true use.

   Yeah, and I'm one to carefully gaurd that line between bloat and 
splash, and splash so rarely wins.  But it wasn't so long ago that the 
concept of rolling your mouse over an mp3 and expecting a sound was 
considered unthinkable.  And drag-and-drop colorizing?  Only software 
from Redmond wasted so much capability!  :)

   Making it a mainline feature *could* be another one of those 
drool-items, like the two above.  Sure, it adds bloat, but if the 
bloat's paying for more people to jump out of the virus-scam world, it's 
done a much-needed thing.

   Could we use it the way Mozilla is implemented- somewhat like a 
module that's dormant until it's requested, and it's never requested, by 
default?  Sounds like a decent compromise, but what do I know about the 
underlying parts.  I just know this is something NEW from the Linux 
world.  No focus groups, no business meetings, just a bunch of guys 
doing what they love and kicking exponential ass.

--Brian