> For long time browsing, we could eventually put a message box after n
seconds to stop.

This is already there, right? If I try to open a certain folder or samba
share which takes a while, then a message box appears with: "You can
stop opening this folder by clicking cancel" or something like that.

I think that most users are quite ignorant about those buttons. The only
users that will know what those buttons are for are power users and they
will probably know that F5 will reload the folder (or Ctrl-R) and Esc
will make it stop loading stuff. But then again: maybe they think that
those shortcuts only work in an Internet browser and not in a file
browser.

My mom (uses Ubuntu on her laptop) doesn't have a clue about what those
buttons are for. My roommates (who make use of the kitchen pc that I set
up) have a better understanding, but I have never seen them use those
buttons.

The best thing that could be done is a case study, observe people
working with Nautilus who don't know too much about pc's.

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Nautilus file browser toolbar is complicated, redundant, and ugly
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