On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 18:00, nautilus-list-request gnome org wrote: > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 04:39:09 -0500 (EST) > From: Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com> > To: Dave Camp <dave ximian com> > Cc: Ettore Perazzoli <ettore ximian com>, > Nautilus Mailinglist <nautilus-list gnome org> > Subject: Re: Proposal for bug 73937 / symlinks in nautilus > > On 18 Jan 2003, Dave Camp wrote: > > > I think the answer depends on whether we think symlinks are usually used > > as filesystem fixups or "bookmarks". I'd want the new behavior for the > > former and the old for the latter. > > > > I agree that usually they're used as filesystem fixups, and the average > > user doesn't usually need to do that. But the way nautilus exposes > > symlinks in the ui makes them more likely to be used by the users as > > bookmarks. I usually use "Link Here" from the context menu to create > > bookmarks, not to fix up the filesystem. > > > > I don't know for sure, but I'd guess that nautilus is used for browsing > > a user's personal stuff more often than it is used for browsing the > > system files. I'd also guess that for the average nautilus user > > bookmarks are more common than fixups in the personal space, > > particularly for inexperienced users. > > > > I'm not particularly attached to either solution. I'd say that we don't > > have a clear enough case to change the behavior people are used to, so I > > think I'd go for reverting the change. > > > > Does that make sense? > > Ok. I'm reverting this. > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc If you revert this, the following behavior - we described it a thousand times - will be possible: Admin made a symlink to /home/user/tmp ->/mnt/tmp and /tmp ->/var/tmp If I cd to ~/tmp or /tmp in nautilus I will end up in / or /mnt if using the up key. So the user will get lost in the system fs :) Is this really wanted? I'm a user. It will not please me. Please don't expand symlinks to their physical location , I beg. -- Rolf Kulemann Basic, n.: A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in that those who have it will not admit it in polite company.
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