Re: "Keep Aligned" mode in nautilus

[George Farris <george gmsys com>]

Also remember that their are a huge number of us who very much
appreciate the work everyone does but are silent.  For all us silent
types a big "Thank You".

Cheers

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 18:42, Chris Chabot wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> >   
-- 
George Farris <george gmsys com>