Re: [Usability] File menu applet

[Uno Engborg <uno webworks se>]

Daniele Levorato wrote:

> Thanks,
> however I know there's even a way even to start Nautilus in the
> old-style using a command line parameter. The problem is not new
> nautilus vs. old nautilus (I'm really using gnome 2.4 so I can't use
> spatial nautilus at all) but to find a more usable way (than the
> term-commands and than nautilus) to quickly browse filesystem... and
> this "way" should be accessible from menu or panel (the only desktop
> elements that can be always on top and directly accessible without
> iconifying all the other windows).
> I really can't find anything more usefull than a "file menu" applet from
> the gnome-panel or gnome-menu (like KDE does).
I agree, we need a simple way to navigate the file system. The spatial mode
fit the needs of most everyday users that have their own files in their 
home directories.
For system administraiotn annd other situations where you need deep 
folder structures
it we need some way of quickly navigate to a different part of the file 
system.


My suggestion is that we expand the functionality of the popup menu in 
the bottom
left corner of spatial nautilus windows.  Today the menu items consists 
of the directory
hierarchy to /.   Why not expand this so that it even contained the 
sibling direcories on
in a submenu at each level. E.g:

/
/home>|/usr
           |/etc
           |/var
           |/opt

But for this to work we would probably need a new type of popup menu. 
One that doesn't
pop up the popup until the mouse is moved out on the arrow. That way 
the  base element
of the menu would be selectable on its own.


Regards
Uno Engborg

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