Re: [Usability] Re: Interacting with open folders

[Maurizio Colucci <seguso forever tin it>]

Daniel F Moisset wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 14:52 +0100, Maurizio Colucci wrote:
>
> > Hello there,
> >
> >   I have always wondered why, in order to act upon a folder F, I must
> >   be viewing not F, but its *parent*.
> >
> >   Example: Suppose I have a nautilus window displaying folder
> >   /foo/bar. In order to delete "bar", I have to go to the *parent*
> >   folder (foo).
> >
> >   This seems illogical to me.  And the problem is even more apparent
> >   with spatial nautilus: here, a window and a folder are strongly
> >   identified, so I should be able to act on a folder when I am viewing
> >   its window.
>
>
> It doesn't seem *so* illogical* to me. The structure of container/items
> is ubiquitous in the desktop,


I still believe this is illogical, because if I see an open chocolate 
box on my table I can still throw it in the thrashcan. The fact that 
it's open does not limit me in any way.

However, you are completely right when you let us notice the current 
behavior is consistent with the rest of the apps (e.g. openoffice). That 
was an insightful remark.

Mau