Re: Results of burning with Nautilus -- ///burn and CD/DVD folder

[Sri Ramkrishna <sri aracnet com>]

Benjamin,

Would you be so kind as to put in a bug for this?

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/

That way we can track it, and maybe have it as a task for gnome-love
folks to try their hands at.  It doesn't seem too hard to fix this
problem.

sri

On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 06:48 -0400, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Patrick 9 wrote: 
> > Le samedi 15 avril 2006 �4:53 -0400, Benjamin Sher a �it :
> >   
> > > Dear friends:
> > > 
> > > I succeeded burning my 3:45 minute (7.1 GB) DVD compressed (to 4.3 GB 
> > > and copied and decrypted by K9copy. Two things:
> > > 
> > > 1) While burning with Nautilus I was completely unable to do anything 
> > > else. It took up all of my PCLINUXOS system and if I tried to use any 
> > > other application, it would freeze Linux.
> > > 
> > >     
> > Nautilus-cd-burner takes maximum priority to be sure it will be able
> > to always fill the burner's buffer. There is some time when you can't do
> > anything else 
> >   
> > > 2) In the final result, two major VOB files were missing. This may have 
> > > had more to do with K9Copy than with Nautilus. Just reporting the facts.
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > 
> > > Benjamin
> > >     
> > You're welcome
> > 
> > --
> > Patrick
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   
> Dear friends:
> 
> You all know that I went through unnecessary agony trying to use this
> simplest of CD Burners. The obvious solution would be to 
> 
> a) drop the cryptic burn:/// "protocol" that is enough to completely
> confuse, baffle and totally enrage any new user.
> 
> b) instead of a small, rectangular folder for CD/DVD, make a BIG BOX
> labelled CD/DVD files, place it right beneath the "burn:///" location
> line (or whatever that is), put a line between this "burn" line and
> the big box and put a downward green error indicating that that is
> where all the movie files belong (and the big box is idea for all the
> many movie files so the user will understand intuitively what's
> involved). Then put the "Write to Disk" buttton (or replace it with
> "Burn") right below the big box with a big arrow leading to it. 
> 
> c) Get rid of that absolutely confusing and unintuitive opening splash
> screen: "No Files Selected". Closed. Open CD/DVD Creator. A truly
> bizarre interface, the like of which I have rarely if ever seen. Why
> tell the user to open the CD/DVD Creator. Have it open automatically
> like any other intuitive program with all options and procedures
> clearly spelled out in a step by step fashion. 
> 
> d) You have "Write to Disk" several times in several menus and in
> several places and it disappears if you do something like try to add
> your files. 
> 
> e) The whole interface should be completely overhauled and tested with
> its target audience: that of a new user new to Linux who would like a
> really simply CD/DVD Burner without having to check in to Bellevue to
> have his sanity examined.
> 
> Hope you accept my suggestions in the spirit they were given. A simple
> CD/DVD Burner should be SIMPLE. That's all there is to it. Not a
> nightmare making an adult feel that he trying to learn how to use the
> potty.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> 
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