On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 18:52, Daniel Brodie wrote: > > * Instead of tabs, create a back-stepping list on the side, a "history" of > > previously visited directories. This would remove the back/forward/up > > buttons, but it adds another element that the user would have to understand. > > This is avalible in the current nautilus with a little button on the > bottom of the window that pops up a list of the current folders in the > path and lets you open somthing upper in the path. I dont think this > iwdget is very discoverable (home many people click on a status bar?) > but once you find it, it's priceless. > Yes, this menu is wonderful. I like the new spatial nautilus from what I've used. The combination of the smaller window size and this "navigation menu" make it much more useful than the "browsing" nautilus. I'd actually like to see the spatial-style windows become the default, even in "browse" mode. The menu is much more useful for navigation than "back" "up" and "forward" and much more space-efficient. My ideal "browse" window is the spatial window with the 'location entry/zoom control/"View As..." combo' toolbar. I applaud the choice to do away with non-directory views, but I think hiding the view choices is a mistake. If anything, it should be easier to make directory views (moving some part of FmDirectoryView out of libnautilus-private so it can be subclassed?) and make them more visible (especially if there are more choices than just "List" and "Icon"). Giving the navigation menu a "memory" would make it almost equivalent to "back","forward" and "up" at the same time. Something like these mock-ups: http://shahms.mesd.k12.or.us/~sking/spatial-browser.png http://shahms.mesd.k12.or.us/~sking/spatial-browser-sidebar.png > > Daniel Brodie -- --Shahms
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