Re: Column view update & issues & tabs

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

At 5:50 PM +0200 3/28/07, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 13:18 +0200, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
>  > I realise that creating tabs will probably imply another another non
> >  negligible amount of coding. Could you please tell me what you think
> >  about the tabs idea?
>
> We have avoided adding tabs to nautilus. It makes the UI and the
> interaction model quite a bit more complicated,

Considering that today the tabs are present in mainstream 
applications like Firefox, it is not something new for the user; so 
the statement that it is to complicated could be discussed; but that 
is not my intention here. (By the way, when has the decision been 
taken to avoid tabs; maybe it is outdated in the meantime.)

But you are right in the sense that people should not be obliged to 
use tabs. In Firefox for example, it is without problems possible to 
work with multiple windows; there are two radio buttons to specify 
whether a new page should open in a new tab or in a new window.

But let us assume that you are right and it is to complicated. 
Assuming moreover that tabs will be optional as in Firefox, and that 
the default setting would be not to use the tabs, there would be by 
default no change in the usage of nautilus; however more advanced 
users could enable the tab functionality if they want it.


> especially when using
> spatial mode (what does a tab even mean in that model?).

Sorry; unfortunately I don't know what you mean by "spatial mode". 
Could you please explain to me what it means; I might then be able to 
understand you.


Have a nice day.

Francesco