Re: [Usability]Re: PATCH: Bug 82107, Turn off nautilus sidebar and location bar by default

[Alastair Scott <alastair scott gmx net>]

On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 07:43, Ali Akcaagac wrote:

> On Sun, 2002-09-01 at 08:30, Patrick wrote:
> > I'll add third that. If the location bar were turned off by default, my
> > first order of business when I first used Nautilus would be to turn it
> > back on.
> 
> yes i agree to that one too. i would do the same stuff....
> 
> but another question would be 'how to protect the new user' that he/she
> moves important directories like .gconf .gconfd etc. into the trash ?

Remove Icon & List Views | Show Options | Hidden Files ... and hardcode
the flag as off :)

I'm not sure the sidebar is useless in its current form; although it
doesn't do much the dark blue panel is distinctive - Gnome uses a very
restrained palette otherwise - and allows me to pick a Nautilus window
out of a mass of overlapping windows.

But the location bar is vital as a lot is undocumented. For example, try
typing preferences:// into it - much easier than navigating Gnome menu
items! 

In fact, the location bar could be enhanced; any ideas why a drop-down
history was not implemented? I don't think the Go menu is the right
place for such a history as I keep finding myself moving back between
the location bar and the menu, and would like to see that history on the
right-mouse-button click ...

Alastair