Re: Nautilus 2.6 - We're going all spatial

[Dave Camp <dave ximian com>]

I wouldn't be too opposed to a preference deciding what kind of window
to open by default.  But for awhile I'd like to keep the object windows
the default, so that we can get people to try to use them and find
problems.  We hope to find and fix problems with the model rather than
run away from them.

-dave

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 16:15, Jens Knutson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 09:28, Dave Camp wrote:
> 
> > object windows will give you new object windows.  You can right click
> > on a folder from an object window and select "Navigate Folder"[1], and
> > get a normal nautilus window.
> 
> I've used the finder in Mac OS 6-9 and I hated it - spring-loaded
> folders were its only saving grace, and we can't have those. (stupid
> patents... *grumble*)  While I have to say I personally doubt the theory
> that a spatial file manager really reaps any significant usability gains
> over browser designs like Nautilus, I'm not a HCI expert and don't
> pretend to be, so maybe I'm underestimating peoples' reliance on spatial
> orientation *for computing*.  Anyhow, to get to my point:  I'm guessing
> I'm not alone in that I can't see myself *ever* liking the object
> windows in Nautilus.  I can't believe I'm going to say this, but...  I
> can't help but wonder if maybe there's a legitimate case for a
> preference here, along the lines of "Open in Navigation windows by
> default".
> 
> Is there a legitimate case here, or am I just being weak and whining?
> ;)  Comments?
> 
> Kudos to the Nautilus team, though - 2.4 totally rocks (huzzah for
> snap-to-grid!), and I'm glad that you're unafraid to try something new
> and different in the name of furthering GNOME's uber-usability!
> 
>  - jck
> 
> -- 
> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man."
> 
>  - George Bernard Shaw