Re: [Nautilus-list] New show hidden/backup files patch

["Matthew J. Doller" <mdoller WPI EDU>]

i also vote to keep this off the toolbar, mainly because most of the
toolbar buttons are associated with navigation, i.e. Back, Forward, Up,
Home, Stop.

Also, in my opinion, and this may be incorrect or misinformed, but it
seems to be counterintuitive to put toggle buttons on toolbars.  buttons
on toolbars should perform an action, not switch the environment between
two states.

i would like to see this put in, however.  if i were to pick a spot for it
to go, i would say somewhere in the view menu, as "View Hidden Files in
This Folder."  (probably too wordy upon reflection)

it may be nicer to say something like "View Hidden Files in
$foldername"  and have $foldername replaced with the current directory
name.  this would avoid any ambiguity where a user has a folder
highlighted, and clicks on the menu item.  Should it show the hidden items
in the highlighted folder, or those in the current folder?  this negates
that question.

That being said, this would be a very nice feature if it only showed the
hidden files in that single window, and not all windows.

Good work on nautilus, and anxiously awaiting gnome 2!

matt

--
mdoller wpi edu
http://www.wpi.edu/~mdoller

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Calum Benson wrote:

> Darin Adler wrote:
>
> > OK. Well, guys: How are we going to decide as a group whether to keep this
> > toolbar button or not?
>
> I vote 'no', on the grounds that it probably isn't used often enough to
> merit cluttering up every user's toolbar with it.  It may just about
> merit a keyboard shortcut, though.
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
> --
> CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer       Sun Microsystems Ireland
> mailto:calum benson ireland sun com    Desktop Engineering Group
> http://www.sun.ie                      +353 1 819 9771
>
> Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
>
> _______________________________________________
> nautilus-list mailing list
> nautilus-list lists eazel com
> http://lists.eazel.com/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
>