Re: [Usability]Re: Nautilus preferences proposal

[Patrick <patlynch hailmail net>]

David Moles wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 08:34, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
>
> > I.e. in the first case, parenthood is expressed horizontally; in the
> > second case, horizontally and vertically at the same time.  Once you get
> > used to it, I think the first one makes more sense and is actually nicer
> > to use.  (Also, trees in general kinda suck.)
>
> I think we have at least two clear camps here, people who agree with
> Ettore and people who feel exactly the opposite. :) (E.g., I think
> trees in general kinda rock. :>)
>
> I seriously doubt we're going to be able to show that one or the other
> is a clear usability win, but I think there's probably room for a design
> that would function well in either style.
>
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Yes, tree views in most Linux GUI do suck. Ever notice how graphicaly 
clear and responsive
win explorer tree view is?
This is based on two very simple thing: a) Smooth scrolling b) auto 
scrolling and besides the point
c) If you closed a window maximized, it re-runs maximized!! Blimey, that 
one bugs me.

b) auto scrolling is that rocking feature introduced in win95 where by:
*Upon a folder being 'expanded', if that folder contains enough folders 
to reach the bottom of the windows,
 the list will scroll.
*If the 'parent folder', the one jsut expanded, hits the top of the 
page...it stops scrolling.

Scrolls bar useage should be minimum. Am I the only one who *hates* 
scroll bars?

Patrick.