Re: Files's common actions with one clic of mouse

[Зоран Рилак <zoran rilak gmail com>]

On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 03:33 +0200, Anthony wrote:
> Hello nautilus-list,
> 
> /**********************/
> /***1. Action column***/
> /**********************/
> [...]
> Here is a list of common actions to perform in one click for some kind
> of files :  
> • music files : play, add to playlist
> • video files : play, add to playlist
> • archives : extract here
> • text documents : see the document, print 
> • images : see, modify 
> [...]
> I think the best number of actions in this column is maximum 3.

Double-click ergonomically beats moving the mouse to a small icon +
clicking it.  Middle-click also does the same as double-left-click.
Therefore strip one action from the proposed 3, since it is already
provided by performing either of the two gestures.

Now the real question is: how common are the remaining two actions and
do they warrant a separate column in the view?  For most of those you
named, drag-and-drop suffices once you have the appropriate application
open.  But granted, that's probably what you're trying to avoid here.  I
am just not completely convinced that it is a common use case to perform
any of those operations on a single file, thus warranting such a
single-click shortcut that would otherwise keep taking up screen real
estate.

There are some other issues to consider here, for example, having an
active control in there could potentially break the paradigm "click to
select".

> /******************/
> /***2. Selection***/
> /******************/
> If there is a check box in the actions column to select/unselect any
> file or folder, it becomes more easy to select many files. 
> With Ctrl+ mouse_left, Ctrl+a, even Ctrl-s+regexpr, Shit+mouse shortcut
> you can select many file in a few time but how many users know those
> shortcut ? I think many people use the keyboard only to write email,
> chat and tip some text, but not for selection.  
> 
> That why i think nautilus need a more easy to use way to select
> files/folders.
> 
> 
> Thank for your attention.
> 
> 
> Anthony
> 
> 
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