Double-click feedback (was: Startup notification sutff)

[Fabio Gomes de Souza <bugtraq gs2 com br>]

No comments on this? This IMHO is a serious usability issue. :-(

Fabio Gomes de Souza wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
>     I have posted a comment on bug #107544 (regarding startup 
> notification), but later I noticed that it is already marked as closed, 
> so I decided to post here so see everyone's opinion.
>
>     The bug in question regards and fixes the lack of startup 
> notification support in nautilus.
>
>     But the problem itself is that users (including me) often don't know 
> if they double-clicked an icon correctly because nautilus still lacks UI 
> feedback about this. So the user ends up double-clicking again and again 
> and thus opening multiple items.
>
>     Acorrding to bug #107544, startup notification in nautilus only 
> works for applications that support the API and claim for support on the 
> application registry. So, this does not solve the entire problem 
> mentioned above. Just on some cases.
>
>     Currently, nautilus does not provide proper feedback when you open 
> things through the directory views. Not even when opening new nautilus 
> windows.
>
>     The gnome panel has a solution for the same problem: it shows a  
> zoom animation from the icon to the screen to tell users that they have 
> started something, regardless of startup-notification support. I think 
> the same animation could be added to nautilus without problems. This 
> would improve the user experience a lot.
>
>     Some rules would be needed for the animation. For example, 
> double-clicking things that will be displayed on the same window (ie 
> subdirectories, viewing files with embbeded views, etc) should not fire 
> the animation. Actually, as far as I can think, the animation should be 
> fired only when:
>     - Running programs
>         * through file associations
>         * through application launchers
>     - Opening new nautilus windows
>         * double-clicking folders on the desktop
>         * using the 'Open in new window' command
>
>     What do you guys think about such a feature?
>
>     Thanks for your attention,

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