Re: Nautilus CD Burning -- the file DVD box

["Lakin Wecker" <lakin wecker gmail com>]

Benjamin,

It's not my design.  Both of those links are what is being used for
the latest nautilus.  Version 2.14.1.

I'm sure the developers appreciate your praise. :)  I think they've
done a splendid job myself.

Lakin

On 4/15/06, Benjamin Sher <delphi123 zebra net> wrote:
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > Lakin Wecker wrote:
> >> Hi Benjamin,
> >>
> >> First off, it should be noted that the new version of Nautilus and the
> >> cd-burner (2.14.1) don't have the "burn:///" for either the default
> >> spatial view [1] or the default browse view [2].  At least, they don't
> >> in Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> You speak from your experience as a user, which will bring to the
> >> argument all of your assumptions as to how computers work.  Other
> >> users will come from different experiences and assumptions.  In fact,
> >> I just invited my wife to burn a CD using the spatial interface, and
> >> it took her under 30 seconds to pull it off.  25 of those seconds were
> >> spent convincing her that I wasn't joking, and that she should just
> >> try it.    She has never previously burned a CD in her life, although
> >> she is familiar with computers as a Mac OS X user.
> >>
> >> Now, this isn't an extensive user study, as my wife is only one
> >> user(although I know quite a few other non-developer's who have
> >> successfully used this interface).  But it does show that the
> >> interface is not equivalent to meeting a Martian in a supermarket, for
> >> all users.
> >>
> >> I personally think the current interface is very intuitive.  It's
> >> simple, and yet it's still consistent with every other nautilus
> >> window, which is something that shouldn't go unnoticed.   I typically
> >> use the spatial view as I find it more useful, and logical, and in the
> >> spatial burn view there is only one place that will accept the drop of
> >> the files, and it is the correct place.
> >>
> >> Lakin
> >>
> >> [1] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~weckerl/default-spatial-view.png
> >> [2] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~weckerl/default-browse-view.png
> >>
> >>
> > Dear Lakin:
> >
> > I appreciate your comments and, of course, one user does represent all
> > of mankind. So, I have had my piece, you have had yours. Let's leave
> > it at that and let's the users in time determine what's really right
> > and what's really intuitive.
> >
> > Benjamin
> Dear Lakin:
>
> On second thought, I rather like your new design for CD/DVD Create. The
> new interface is clear and quite intuitive. It's a far cry from what I
> saw and had to contend with yesterday afternoon. So, you have my vote
> for the new interface. It's appropriately simple and intuitive.
>
> Benjamin
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