On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 17:50, BioChem333 wrote: > > "Nautilus isn't a terribly good file manager. It's slow and hard to > > use. It doesn't offer a tree view. Its visible appearance is dull, and > > it's not especially quick. It doesn't have any real shortcuts or > > accelerators. > [...] > > "If it hasn't got a viewer application, it should ask you what you want > > to use (just like windows does). > [...] > > "The whole mime-type registry thing needs a good going over. > > I would have to agree here, but I prefer the command line for most of my > file management, so I guess I'm a bit biased. When I used to use Windows > I preferred explorer over the command line; although I hate to admit MS > is good for anything, nautilus could learn a lot from the explorer file > manager and desktop. > > > "The main application menu has changed from the bottom to the top > > panel. This might please some Mac addicts, but is a poor choice for > > everyone else. (The default should surely be to work like the Windows, > > KDE, and old gnome - the start button is bottom left. And then have an > > option to do it the other way. > > I agree with this, but I'd like to add that the functionality of the > menu panel should not be restricted to just menu panels. With GNOME 1.4 > I never used a taskbar; I preferred to use the desktop pager, which in > GNOME 2 has been stripped of it's, IMO, most important feature. I prefer > an "x small" "corner panel" at the bottom center of the screen with the > main menu, a few common app icons, and the pager, but in GNOME 2 I can't > get this to work. In order to find a minimized application I have to use > a taskbar or the app list on the menu panel. In 1.4 the app list was a > part of the pager, and I don't see why it was removed. As a result of > this, GNOME 2 takes up at least twice the screen space, in panels, that > 1.4 needed to take up. I also don't like that transparency was removed > from the panel background options, or that the menu panel isn't > customizable at all. I'm not sure what you are saying here. What functionality do you see missing from the pager? --Ben > > "Dialogs have help and close buttons. This is daft. What happened to > > cancel and OK? (If I hit close, does it apply the changes I've made or > > not? What if I shut a window from the window manager? In fact, I tried > > this and the behaviour is downright dangerous - closing via the window > > manager applies the changes, which isn't at all what I would expect.) > > I would have to agree here also; sometimes I just want to cancel and get > back to the way things were. Making it easier for someone to permanently > screw something up is not very user-friendly. > > > "In Terminal, the Home and End keys both scroll you to the bottom - as > > opposed to the normal behaviour where Home scrolls up to the top. > > The delete key doesn't work, either - I get a tilde instead. > > > > "How to edit terminal preferences? You can't, because it refers to them > > as "profiles" which will simply confuse users. > > > > "The tabbed terminal feature I like, but the visual style of the tabs > > isn't very good - they're pretty indistinct. > > I think Home should scroll to the top too, but delete works fine for me. > As for preferences, shouldn't there be "advanced" options for people who > want some actual control over what's going on. I had to manually edit > the gconf xml file to set the font I wanted (the one I used in 1.4 > gterm) because there is no way to add in things like encoding with the > current font selector. The fixed width font I use is a bit strange in > that the sizes and shapes vary with encoding, so simply picking that > font doesn't give the desired result. I also agree about the profiles; > if I want a different profile, I'll log in as a different user. The tabs > are all wrong now too. In 1.4 tabs there was a close button right on the > tab, and the tab only took up enough space as was needed instead of all > available space. It's nice to have tabs in the terminal now, but they > should work the way they used to and should be consistent throughout the > G2 applications (eg. gedit tabs are totally different than gterm tabs). > > > "In the workspace switcher, you can drag windows between workspaces, but > > dragging within a workspace doesn't cause the window to move (despite > > it moving in the workspace switcher view). > > This is another good point, and also when a window is moved to a > workspace that does not have focus, that workspace's view in the > switcher isn't updated until that workspace is given focus. > > > "(Overall) the biggest problem I see is the poor useability. It drives me (a > > patient and long-suffering beta tester) up the wall. I see no prospect > > whatsoever of our scientists or secretaries ever getting to grips with > > it." > > Not to mention those of us who thought GNOME 1.4 was great. I think a > usability study on 1.4 to 2.0 transition would help a lot. > > Rich > > -- > nautilus-list mailing list > nautilus-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list >
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