Re: [patch] Bug 88585, Sorting of size column is messed up

[David Emory Watson <dwatson cs ucr edu>]

Braden,

All good points.

To recap:

Tomas wants to change the ordering for sizes and possibly dates.
Braden wants to change the ordering for names and types.
David wants to know why any of this matters... ;)

To see one reason why we shouldn't go with your suggestion (i.e. the
evolution way) think about this: if we change the ordering for names in
the list view then we become inconsistent with the icon view.  If we
change the ordering for the icon view, then "sort by name" becomes
reverse alphabetical order!?

So here's what I think we should do:  Forget about ascending and
descending order completely.  Leave nautilus the way it is.  Change the
sort orders used in the search tool to match nautilus (or don't; it's
really not that important).

Alternatively, we could do what either you or Tomas want to do - I just
don't think there's much conceptual benefit to it.  There are definitely
clicks at stake though...

If the maintainers are still reading this thread, which I doubt, then
they can decide.  In the end its arbitrary.

 - David