Re: stretch icon

[Steven Garrity <stevelist silverorange com>]

David Christian Berg wrote:
> I wouldn't want to remove it, even though I hardly use it... it's just
> not necessary to have in the right click menu... I'd move it to
> properties. Actually there is a discussion that just started in the
> usability group about putting it there :)
> What's your opinion on this?

This would be a bit counter to the HIG recommendation to "Wherever 
possible, allow users to act on objects and data directly, rather than 
through dialogs or explicit commands." 
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/principles-direct-manipulation.html

I'm not sure if a right-click menu options (as is now) quite qualifies 
as "direct manipulation", but I think it is closer than controls in the 
Properties dialog.

None of the uses in this thread are convincing me that this feature 
should stick around.

It sounds like it would just make more sense for the Nautilus View -> 
Zoom In / Zoom Out / Normal Size (and the related keyboard shortcuts) to 
work on the desktop as well as Nautilus windows

Thanks,
Steven Garrity