[Usability] [Fwd: [Bug 569668] Places menu shouldn't use non-Nautilus handler for bookmarked folders]

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Dear usability people,

May I request your attention for bug 569668, which was marked NOTABUG
today? I still think this is a problem that needs to be solved: when
opening a folder bookmark from the Places menu, it should be opened with
Nautilus and not with some other application, regardless of the mime
association of folders.

If you agree that this bug should be reopened, please say so. Lionel
Dricot already commented, as you can read in the forwarded message. 

regards,

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Reinout van Schouwen

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• To: reinouts gnome org
• Subject: [Bug 569668] Places menu shouldn't use non-Nautilus handler for bookmarked folders
• Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:39:36 +0000 (UTC)

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------- Comment #12 from Lionel Dricot  2009-03-04 14:40 UTC -------
> "[...] Reinout [..] believes that "properties -> open with" does this.
> However, that is completely wrong. "

An end user is never wrong. It's a bug in the feature or it's a misleading UI. 

I've one golden rule : if a developper ever tell to a user : "You are wrong,
you doesn't understand the software", there's a problem and an important one.
Note that I don't say you have to change the software. Sometimes, simply
changing the documentation or the way stuffs are presented is enough.



> From a user perspective, there is no difference between "Nautilus" and "Gnome
> panel". They should behave the same.

Indeed. I can see a billion of valid reasons why they should act differently.
But I'm sure I could not find one real user who will understand it when trying
to access his bookmarks.


After reading this thread, I see two possible solutions :

1) We don't allow changing the handler for folders. It makes a lot of sense and
I don't see any usecase that are working right now and would be broken.
Currently, that how I see a solution to this bug.

2) Implement a "Open this folder with". This should not be that hard. Putting a
.hidden file in the folder with a command should be enough. Maybe there's even
a XDG standard for that kind of stuff (or we can create one).
The standard browsing would still be available with a right clic under nautilus
and would be consistent in gnome-panel/nautilus/whoever implement the spec.


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