Re: Nautilus Space Mock-up

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 3 Jun 2008, at 13:51, Mike Rooney wrote:

> Well, I think it is nice. It allows you to instantly see what files
> are taking up the most space. Without this you would have to sort by
> size and then read file sizes. Bars like this save the user a lot of
> time and don't require sorting by that column to gain useful
> information from it.
>
> You say users need to identify large files, how is this not
> tremendously better for doing so?


Perhaps it would be nicer if this was done with a baobab-like  
graphical view in the sidebar[1], showing the sizes of files in the  
current folder, optionally recursing into sub-folders.

That way we could possibly do away with baobab application  
altogether[2], as all the same functionality would be available right  
in the file manager, which is where you want it really.

Cheeri,
Calum.

[1] Or perhaps in the folder's Properties dialog, for spatial users--  
although I don't really understand why you don't get any sort of  
sidebar in spatial mode.

[2] That's not a criticism of baobab, I'd just like to see its  
functionality implemented where I need it, rather than in a separate  
application.

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