Re: [Usability] Placement of delete options in Right-click menu, and modifier key to force move?

[Vidar Braut Haarr <Vidar CoreTrek com>]

> > Second, when moving files between partitions, it defaults to copying
> > instead of moving, which is fine, but the only way to get it to move
> > is to hold alt while releasing the drag-drop, and selecting "Move
> > here" from the popup menu. I'd like to suggest that the shift key be
> > used to force a move in this case.

I vote for "Move" as the default action, as that is the most natural 
thing to do with a real, physical, file. You don't copy it by dragging 
it from one "folder" to another - you move it.

> I'd be curious to hear why it's better for Nautilus to behave
> differently when dragging between filesystems; I would have assumed
> that consistent behaviour would have been more useful, particularly
> given that it's really not obvious when two folders are actually on
> different filesystems. What's wrong with having Nautilus always move
> when dragging with no modifiers held down, and always copy when
> dragging with Shift held down (or vica versa)?

I completely agree. As bandwith limits approach levels where local vs. 
remote/LAN storage has little effect on speed, I think we'll see more 
and more people getting small computers around their house, and a 
central storage. Computers for everything. Instead of the way it is now, 
where people buy home hifi-sets that can broadcast the signal to another 
reciever in your kitchen, and instead of having TVs and radios all over, 
people will just have 1 computer in each room with a variably large LCD 
display.

Now I'm blabbering again :) In any case, the above scenario - coupled 
with "internet2" - tells me that the "remote" sense has already been, 
and will be further in the future, abstracted away from the user. So why 
not in Nautilus ?

Just my 2 NOK. And now for my coffee.

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Vidar Braut Haarr
"Programmers don't die, they
 just GOSUB without RETURN."