Re: [Nautilus-list] Tabs?

[Martin Coxall <coxall cream org>]

> I've been thinking lately about usability and nautilus.  And one big
> thing hit me right smack in my head.  TABS...  Nearly all of my favorite
> apps (Gaim, Galeon, Xchat, even the new gnome2 terminal) use tabs.  They
> are great becuase it makes things much easier to manage (IMHO).  Well
> obviously you see where I am going with this.

Is the tabbed-term part of gnome2? When I built the garnome distribution
it wasn't there.

> I started looking at the nautilus code (breifly so this could be
> completly off base) and that the screens where defined in the Nautilus
> window structure (or something like that).   Now I know that its not as
> easy as just adding a GtkNotebook to the structure (from stuff that I
> tried to notebookize) so I am asking is what is the possibilty of having
> tabs as a feature once the Gtk2 port is finished?  Or am I offbase with
> the usefullness of tabs?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. It's a great idea. If you want a
novice to help you out with coding, let me know. I'd be only too happy
to help.

Martin