Re: Dual Pane

[Holger Berndt <berndth gmx de>]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:33:05 +0200
Carlos Soriano <csoriano gnome org> wrote:

> Indeed, dual panel was removed due to its UX problems in favour of
> having two windows side by side.

No, that's a myth, it was removed because of some badmouthing from
gnome designer side, sadly.

> What use cases are you missing in a two windows side by side set up?

The use case is "dual pane file browsing". That's something different
than "display two random unconnected windows side-by-side", e.g. in
that you get an inherent default target for your file operations like
"move", "copy", "compare", ... You can perform these actions (which are
the main use cases of a file manager) e.g. with a single hotkey.

Even if the appearancy is not the main point, dual pane is also much
better visually than two windows side-by-side (e.g. easy to get in and
out of that mode (one button instead of 3 button combos), no need to
have them full-screen, less visual clutter (either two identical
sidebars, or none??!), tends to be easier to see which one is
currently selected etc.)

Holger