Re: Some suggestions... and help offer

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

Lots of those sound like good suggestions.
I would suggest you enter them as wishlist bugs in bugzilla.gnome.org if
you want them to get implemented.

--Ben

On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 15:47, Danny wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Thanks for nautilus :)
> It has become a really nice file manager overall.
> 
> Though there are a few points I'd like to comment on:
> - please let the items vanish from the current folder view (just the
>   view, not the real files) when they are cut. It seems weird the way
>   it is now, and even the way other file managers do it (for example
>   "shading" the icons) is weird, just making them vanish should 
>   be enough. see point 3.
> 
> - please add an item "paste copies" to be able to late-revert a cut to 
>   a copy (maybe ctrl-shift-V ;)). Even a hidden feature would do
>   (Shift+Paste menu action or something?).
> 
> - please add a "number of files in the clipboard" to the "paste" icon
>   (that icon still would need to be created though *hint hint*)
>   in the toolbar (output: "[5 items]" or something, its pretty clear 
>   what that means when written right under the paste icon)
>   
>   Also cut&paste would get more obvious than context menus / keyboard
>   shortcuts only.
> 
> - please add a possibility to add (global[/per-mime-group]) custom
>   command icons to the *toolbar* (in the same line with the 
>   standard icons)
>   (kinda like launchers, kinda like scripts, if you get what
>   I mean); dont forget to pass the click/icon coordinates ;)
> 
> - if possible, do the [icon] preview stuff in a seperate "safe" process,
>   because it crashes WAY too often, and if it does, it does everytime on
>   the same folder. So if you don't know how to use a terminal, you wont
>   ever get your hands on the files in the affected folder, as it is now.
>   (if it does die, all of nautilus' windows are dead)
>   (I'm not saying or even thinking that this is the fault of nautilus,
>   as the image preview stuff most probably is in another module...)
> 
> - please let the folder view be focused per default.
>   Never let the toolbar grab focus without the user demanding it to.
>   (f. e. I have the habit of pressing the "up" button using the mouse,
>   but then trying to use some letters to select files in the (new)
>   location, which doesnt work then, for obvious reasons)
>   Also related to this problem: how to see *if* the folder view is
>   focused or not?
> 
> - please don't lose the marked files list when switching list<->icon
>   view
> 
> - is marking by a rectangular "lasso" like in the icon view also 
>   possible in the list view?
> 
>   If not, maybe use a checkbox in front of every file or a small
>   "unused" area, which can be used to mark files by covering it. 
> 
>   The way it is now is especially weird when using single-click, because
>   marking files becomes more of a riddle than straightforward ;)
> 
>   ok, middle mouse button seems to be used solely to marking and 
>   drag&drop-action files now. aha. my error :)
> 
>   ok, <ctrl>+click works too it seems.
> 
> - please add a setting: 
>     - if you want to see every file in a new window, but every directory
>       in the current window
> 
>   rather than only the existing ones:
>     - if you want to see every file/directory in a new window
> 
>   I've hack-patched my local copy for this particular one, and it seems 
>   rather easy ;)
> 
>   I'm a guy who generally dislikes disappearing folder views, 'cause
>   even when it is me who clicks a file, that doesnt mean I dont need 
>   the folder view anymore, you know? :)
> 
> - what happened to the middle mouse button?
>   I'd find it cool for it to have the same effect as the second entry in
>   the context menu for folders ("Open in new window" or "Open in this
>   window", respectively). (this is mainly because my favourite browser,
>   opera, also does it that way, lol)
>   That would clash with the use the middle mouse button has currently,
>   though. (drag-drop)
> 
> - if some file is getting refreshed (because of fam monitoring, for
>   example), then that does not neccessarily mean that I want to stop
>   editing the file name of the (other, or same) file I'm renaming. 
>   Try that in your downloading directory and see how long you'll 
>   stay calm ;)
> 
> - when some files are getting added/removed to the current directory
>   view (fam), make sure that the marked files remain in the visible 
>   part of the view.
>   (= f.e. "new" files don't need to go in sorted asap, just append them
>   at the end for the time being - that is, until the user cares and
>   clicks Refresh or Sort, also "removing" files from the view should
>   scroll it so that the marked stuff is within the visible area again)
> 
> - is there access to the search dialog from within nautilus ? 
> 
> - how is the "audio preview" supposed to work ? It never did here ;)
>   neither the old- nor the new-style one. Perhaps my assumption that the
>   file would play when I place the mouse pointer over it is wrong
>   though...
>   The View "Audio View" crashes... I'll look into it, if this audio
>   preview stuff is supposed to work at all yet, that is.
> 
> - marking files by wildcard/regexp would be really cool
> 
> - filters, esp. date filters (last-modified-at) for the directory view 
>   would be good, although a similar effect can be acheived by sorting by
>   date, such a filter would come in handy when *stored* per folder
>   (because the number of files actually "visible" in a folder would be
>   smaller, and you'd be able to see which were the "files modified since
>   I last checked"). Of course the filter expression and the fact that
>   the filter is enabled should be easily seeable, maybe represented by 
>   a editable in the tool area.
>   Just an idea.
> 
> - a tooltip popping up on folder icons which states the amount of space
>   the folder (content) uses up would be nice, that one is much work I
>   think though.
>   Generally I miss this information. It would be even better to include
>   it always on every folder icon, though that maybe would affect 
>   performance very badly. maybe add a "Calculate Sizes" button to 
>   the toolbar ? :D
> 
> - when clicking on a folder in the folder view, the tree view's current
>   item does not change. The other way around it does (clicking in the
>   tree view changes the folder view). Why?
> 
> - Nautilus scripts:
>    - Script Title should not solely depend on the file name, what about
>      reading line 2 and displaying it minus the first chars "# Title:"
>      Also line 3 containing "# Icon: whatever" could work lol.
> 
>    - make it possible to add them to the toolbar. Please please :)
>      Whether directly into the toolbar or into [a] "drawer" menu[s] 
>      is a question though. Whether to add *all* is a question, too.
> 
> I have a cvs copy of nautilus and I'm willing to help, though to be
> sincere, I don't like C very much, because it eats much time and has an
> antique memory management, but I'll try anyways :D
> 
> cheers
>     Danny (danny milo gmx net)
>