Re: "Keep Aligned" mode in nautilus

[Chris Chabot <chabotc 4-ice com>]

Please accept my appreciation and thanks as well! 

I can understand that some people get confused and emotional over such
things and fail to see the good some one does. They are used to high
standards because of the high quality software they get to enjoy (in
which you definatly have your part!). So when something else good
happens, it's 'normal' and the only thing they recognise are the petty
small things.. And some people love to shout that out..

In a warped way it is a huge compliment. If their average experiance
was bad, they would praise this patch for 'not sucking' like the rest
and that would take their focus. Not much of a comfort in these
situations, but true non the less.. (remember the ultimate insult is
'not caring', and these people and a _lot_ of others care a lot!). 

Since i also talk to much about other things, and not the gratitude for
the work you and so many others have done, i'd like to officially say:
Thank you!

    -- Chris

Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On 4 May 2003, Ali Akcaagac wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 01:25, Dave Camp wrote:
> > > I just checked in the following patch to add a Keep Aligned mode to the
> > > desktop in nautilus.  When you switch to this mode, existing icons will
> > > snap to a grid.  While in this mode, dropped icons will snap to grid
> > > locations automatically.  I'd like people to build it and give it a
> > > whirl.
> > >     
> > Wow, this was a pretty long requested feature. I haven't tested it yet
> > but I wanted to thank you for taking the time creating it.
> >   
>
> Thanks a lot for that, you seem to be among the few that appreciate it. 
>
> Its seems to be pretty uncommon with people feeling gratitude these days. 
> Most comments we got at gnomedesktop.org for implementing a much requested 
> feature were big "fuck you"s, and that sort of thing makes working on free 
> software pretty meaningless. 
>
> Anyway, ignore me, I'm just burnt out and fucked over.