Re: [Nautilus-list] [PATCH] for bugs 72931 and 74907

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

Well here's the important question. Is the favorites uri going to work
in gnome2. If so it should work, if not we should remove the .desktop
file from start-here:. It doesn't seem to work at all for me.

dave

On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 10:00, Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert ximian com> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 15:54, Dave Bordoley wrote:
> >     out of curiousity, how do favorites differ from bookmarks in the
> >     nautilus sense?
> > 
> > They show up like a folder, not in the menu. Much like a folder that
> > contains shortcuts. It would be more useful if there was that toolbar
> > button to get there though.
> > 
> > Bookmarks are always on the menu, unless I have missed something..?
> 
> The favorites folder is supposed to reflect the contents of the
> favorites part of the panel menu.
> 
> The basic idea we had of having a favorites folder in start-here:
> was that the panel menus are inevitably going to have a lot
> of stuff in them so:
> 
>  - By providing an alternate way of navigating the application
>    list. (The applications folder in start-here:)
> 
>  - By providing an easy way to add things to the favorites
>    folder (Drag them there, hopefully also right-click
>    add-to-favorites.)
> 
> We make it easy for people to get to the things they use frequently
> quickly. (Same idea as the list of recent selected items in
> the XP start menu, but more controllable.)
> 
> I'd eventually like to make the applications view in nautilus
> much richer and have:
> 
>  - Description
>  - Where the application comes from
>  - Searching
> 
> Available.
> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
> 
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