Re: A new feature in file-manager

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 12:18 -0400, avadh patel wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have just joined this mailing list. I am looking for a new feature
> in Nautilus File Manager.
> The feature in very brief is described below:
> 
> In file manager size of all the icons (including folder, regular file
> icons and thumbnails) would 
> change based upon the last access/modification of that file/folder.
> If the file/folder has been accessed or modified very recently its
> icon will be little bigger, can
> be scaled around 1.5 times regular size.  If the file/folder's
> access/modification is within 1 day 
> to 1 week than its icon size can be scaled to 1.2 times etc..
> If some file/folder has not been accessed in long time, their size can be scaled to 0.5 or 0.8 times.

I don't think this will look very nice. All the files will have
different sizes causing the layout to be all weird. 

I don't think emphasizing recently changed files in some way is a bad
idea, but using size for it is not a good way.