Re: [Usability] Idea for more usability

[Denis Washington <dwashington gmx net>]

On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 18:33 +0200, Florentin Rack wrote:
> First of all: This is my first mailing list (I even don't know what that really is!)
> So I hope that it's right just to email to usability gnome org 
> 
> My idea was, that if you want to copy, delete, rename or whatever a
> file in a directory in that you can't write, a graphical passwort
> windows pops up (like in the administration programs) und then you can
> copy, delete oder rename the file without learning some console things
> like sudo, mv, cp, rm, chmod, chown etc. 

Hi Forentin,

You did it just right. As first-time mailing-list user, here's a tip:
always reply to replies with "Reply All" or by manually adding
usability gnome org, that way all mailing list subscribers see your
replies.

About your idea: I think such a feature would be really cool. A
framework to program such things (enabling certain features with
authentication) called PolicyKit is currently actively developed;
although it is not final yet, it is already in a good shape and enables
us to develop such a feature.

You could file a bug report on http://bugzilla.gnome.org (product:
nautilus, which is the GNOME file manager) to get the responsible
developers' attention. Additionally, it would be good to write a mail to
desktop-devel-list gnome org with a link to that bug report to be sure
it is recognized.

It's great that you care about the usability of GNOME. Thanks! :)

Regards,
Denis