Re: [Usability] Spatial Improvement: Default windows placement

[Christian Schneider <c schneider scram de>]

> You're probably right. But I'm not reading the code, just observing the
> behaviour on my 800x600 ubuntu desktop.
>
> To prove your point I try the same experiment with a higher resolution
> (1024x800) and clean-up my home dir. The result is just the same
> http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org/demo/gnome-cascade-nautilus-big.png
>
> Anyway my point is by placing the window in cascading way either as
> first option or last, metacity has decrease the spatial experience.
>
>  

I would not only concentrate on the placing. The size of the nautilus 
windows is
also an important point. When working with the folders I normally set 
them to a
size so all files just fit in. (At least if there are quite few files)

Nautilus should size the windows in that way when first opening them. 
This would
save some major time and will improve the user experience quite a bit. 
There could
even be a setting to let the window size change when files are added or 
deleted.

greets

Christian Schneider
http://www.liquid-reality.de