Re: searching for the image collection code

["Gene Z. Ragan" <diskzero mac com>]

> Hello
>
> I'm implementing a small change to nautilus, to have a "Invert 
> selection" menu option. It's done for icon view and list view, but it 
> broke the image collection view and I can't seem to find its code.
>
> Would the nautilus community be interested in my small patch?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Cristovao

I don't want to belittle any effort that you made on your selection 
code, but I would like to ask why an inverse selection command
should be included in the menu of Nautilus.  You really want to 
consider the amount of utility a command will have when
adding it to the menu bar.  Is it something that the user really needs 
and will use?  I would guess that the concept of inverse selection
is quite abstract to an average user.  The Mac has used modifier keys 
for years that allow a user to make discontiguous selections and many
users never discover the need for such a feature.

My point here isn't to criticize to work that you have done, but to 
point out a greater need to closely examine the motivations for
exposing commands to the user.

Gene