Re: Nautilus Sendto -- opportunities for generalisation

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Edd,

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Edd Dumbill wrote:

> > Perhaps it is, but I still don't see the need of cluttering nautilus
> > context menus with stuff few people will use some of the time.
>
> Well, if they've installed GNOME Bluetooth they've installed it because
> they want to send files.  It's not part of the Desktop release and
> likely won't be.

You're assuming that every user installs this stuff knowingly, whereas 
most default GNOME desktops are prepared by distro vendors.

> There's no point in writing another file manager-like application just
> to send files!

But there's no point in cluttering context menus either. Where does it 
stop? At the moment I have file-roller, rhythmbox and phone-manager 
adding unrequested items to that menu. Evolution might add 'send via 
e-mail' for each file, F-spot 'add to image library' for each directory, 
and I won't be surprised if someday soon I see 'cook in microwave' in my 
context menus. ;)

> Use a 2.7 series panel and do the "Add to panel" menu item.  Instead of
> the deep context menus it brings up a simple list.

That might be a possibility, although I don't quite see yet how this 
would work in practise.

regards,

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