Re: Mega patch to make spatial nautilus rock!

[Greg Haywood <ghaywood gmail com>]

well I will add my 2c in favor of this patch, it certainly improves
things for me and should not cause the "strict" spatial/navigator
camps any issues.

-Greg

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:49:19 -0700, Raul Acevedo <raul cantara com> wrote:
> I haven't followed everything about your patch, but what you said below,
> plus the screenshot, looks awesome.  Is this going to make it into CVS?
> 
> Raul
> 
> Jamie McCracken wrote:
> 
>  > On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 00:46, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
>  > > > Its also not really a third way as you put it cause we dont need the
>  > > > heavyweight navigator for it as an option - even ms explorer is separate
>  > > > from the lightweight browser it uses on the desktop. The navigator is
>  > > > fine as a separate and more complex app for more experienced users (a la
>  > > > explorer) but I actually find my patch with pathbar much much better for
>  > > > general browsing. If you haven't tried the patch then I suggest you do
>  > > > cuz it really makes browsing and file management really pleasant and
>  > > > efficient.
>  > >
>  > > I think that the bottom nav pathbar is a great idea.
>  >
>  > Yes I'm glad theres a majority of you that do want this feature - its so
>  > much slicker and nicer than the inefficient and irritating popup
>  > location button/menu.
>  >
>  >
>  > >   You just have to
>  > > make it not start at / but use the topologically nearest available root
>  > > out of the list of roots in the file/open dialog.  Basically
>  > >
>  > > /home/rudd-o/src
>  > >
>  > > shoudl appear as
>  > >
>  > > [Home folder] [src]
>  > >
>  > > Is that it?
>  >
>  > Already implemented and with home stock icon too so it more closely
>  > resembles the file chooser's pathbar - see my screenshot for what it
>  > looks like with this at :
>  >
>  > http://www.jamiemcc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Nautilus_pathbar.png
>  >
>  >
>  > > Oh and it *should* open a new window.
>  >
>  > But it does! (but you can also set it to open in the same window too -
>  > EG you could set it up to have left click to open in new window and
>  > middle click to open in same window and that way the pathbar can do both
>  > depending whether you left or middle click it).
>  >
>  > Just to elaborate on why having the "open in same window" is appropriate
>  > here is because it actually provides a better slicker browsing ability
>  > compared to the navigator cause it has really good usability and
>  > consistency with the file chooser (thanks to the pathbar) and that will
>  > of course make it much easier for new users. And the icing on the cake
>  > is it integrates perfectly with the spatial mode thereby allowing you to
>  > mix and match the two really smartly - it creates the perfect hybrid
>  > file manager thats superior to either a pure browse or pure spatial
>  > implementation - there really is no need to limit yourself to just
>  > browse or spatial any longer (and hopefully end the destructive
>  > polarisation and fragmentation that the browser/spatial dichotomy causes
>  > too).
>  >
>  > I haven't used a better or slicker file manager anywhere else on any
>  > other platform - it even beats OS/X thanks to the pathbar!
>  >
>  > But there's no point in me ranting on how cool it is cause you really
>  > need to try it out to appreciate how slick and elegant it is - I'm not
>  > exaggerating when I say it rocks!
>  >
>  >
>  > jamie.
>  >
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