2) Even for who knows about the middle click, when I enter a folder I don't know (and I don't want to decide) whether or not I will need the parent folder again. Forcing such an early decision is a design error. Proposed solution: 1) when I enter a window (single click or double, depending on the global setting), make the parent close by default;
This may be a valuable option, but I think it should be an option, and probably
not the default. It breaks alot of the benefits of the spacial model. If I want
move files around in a project tree, I need the top folder of the tree open.
"Open in same window" is useful for drilling down to a particular location
("browsing" for a file), but much less useful for managing files.
I agree that alot of features in nautilus right now are very undiscoverable -
shift-click, alt-up, middle-click, Cntrl-L and that's an issue.
2) Add a "recent locations" button to the gnome panel which, when pressed, pops up a list of the most recently visited locations (ordered recent-first). Clicking any item reopens the location (if closed). This way, I am not forced to decide early whether the location will be needed again. When, AND IF, I need a recent location, I can simply click the "recent-locations" button and choose the location.
Also add a "favourite locations" button. Similar to the bookmarks in KDE or Windows. It is a natural addition and solves some problem which would be off topic to discuss now.
Absolutely, favorites/bookmarks need to be consistent across nautilus and the file manager, I think there's some plans for this in nautilus.
I'll try to build it tonight.cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous cvs sourceforge net:/cvsroot/segusoland checkout logicaldesktop
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