Re: [Nautilus-list] Constructive Criticism Revisted

[James Mitchell Allmond <gte203h prism gatech edu>]

On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 14:28, James Mitchell Allmond wrote:
> > Once again, the icons could be smaller and arranged in a fashion
that
> uses space effectively. How can you it takes up too much space and
it's
> in the way? A file browser is for navigating through your disks. In
that
> sense, the path to your hd, floppy, cdrom, etc.. is the most valuable
> piece of real estate that there is.

>I don't think so -- I think the *part of my filesystem that I'm
>currently looking at* is the most valuable piece of real estate.
>I spend a lot more time navigating around a subtree deep inside
>my hard disk than I do moving things to/from floppy and cd-rom.



But you assume that everyone has a understanding of the file system
structure and where the cdrom, floppy, etc... plays a role in that. The
scope of a file browser should not be with only advanced users in mind.
You got to think of the ignorant too.