[Usability]Re: Tree sidebar (was: Re: Nautilus bugs and design choices (back-button))

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Mathias,

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Mathias Hasselmann wrote:

> 	So advanced users still need a location entry field.

Well, I've found it. All we need is something like the Web Control applet
that's already in GNOME 1.4. Just type whatever URL and a Nautilus window
will open with it.

> 	Know that nearly each browser has such a dialog. Never used them:
> Too far away. Too inconvenient. From my point of view not a viable
> replacement for a location entry field.

As Tuomas pointed out, this functionality already exists.

> 	So advanced users still need a location entry field.

Web Control applet :-)

> search function in it's file dialog. Another question: How to ensure that
> this function is found?

Perhaps a small expander button could be displayed, or a tooltip that says
'Press Control+Shift+letter to search' or something along that line.
Needless to say it would be mentioned in the manual. ;)

(for those who haven't followed the discussion: this is not a task that
the web control applet would take, but a task for a entry field that would
pop up to facilitate incremental search in the tree sidebar.)

regards,

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