On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Adam Dingle <a...@yorba.org> wrote: > I realized recently to my surprise and dismay that the compact view has been > removed from Nautilus: > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=241e462024070d9f79f4816256fc00ff5119e25f > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676842 > > When I switched to GNOME back in 2006, Nautilus had only the icon and list > views. At that time I felt that was a serious limitation of the GNOME > desktop, since neither of these views made it easy to browse directories > with lots of files in a readable way. I really wanted a view where I could > reasonably see lots of files at once, with filenames stacked vertically (so > I wouldn't have to scan my eyes in two dimensions in order to find a > filename I wanted) and where the filenames wouldn't wrap. > > I spent a couple of weekends back then hacking on a compact view for > Nautilus, but never found the time to quite make it work, so I rejoiced when > Christian Neumair implemented a compact view in March 2008: > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=b19cc7674bf16a89447de2fe9b112d5a352d233e > > Compare two views of the same folder zoomed to the same level of visual file > density, one with text beside icons, the other in compact view. Which would > you rather scan when looking for a file? > > text beside icons: http://yorba.org/download/scratch/nautilus_icon_view.png > compact view: http://yorba.org/download/scratch/nautilus_compact_view.png > > For the last 6 years, every time I've set up a GNOME machine (certainly many > dozens of times) I've set it to use compact view by default. I've often > thought this should be the default for everyone. > > So now all I can say is this: Where was this change discussed, other than > the above Bugzilla ticket which a tiny number of people saw? When were we > given the opportunity to comment on this change? Why, why, why? > > I'd like to end on a constructive note. I propose that GNOME adopt the > following policy. No major feature will be removed from a core GNOME > application before a discussion has occurred on a public mailing list such > as this one (or on a Bugzilla bug, with a prominent mailing list > announcement pointing to the bug in question). I also propose that all such > feature removals that have occurred in the 3.6 development cycle be reverted > until such discussion has occured . > > The features in core GNOME apps are the result of years of hard work and > consensus building by our community. All I ask is to be informed before > these features vanish and to be given the chance to say why I like them so > much. > > adam > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
I agree. Why on earth are we removing features that work? There is/was nothing broken about compact view mode - it works fine. Just because some people don't like it doesn't mean it should be removed as a choice for those who do. Emily -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list