Le mardi 20 octobre 2009 à 22:42 -0400, Зоран Рилак a écrit : > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 03:33 +0200, Anthony wrote: > > Hello nautilus-list, > > > > /**********************/ > > /***1. Action column***/ > > /**********************/ > > [...] > > Here is a list of common actions to perform in one click for some kind > > of files : > > • music files : play, add to playlist > > • video files : play, add to playlist > > • archives : extract here > > • text documents : see the document, print > > • images : see, modify > > [...] > > I think the best number of actions in this column is maximum 3. > > Double-click ergonomically beats moving the mouse to a small icon + > clicking it. Middle-click also does the same as double-left-click. > Therefore strip one action from the proposed 3, since it is already > provided by performing either of the two gestures. >
Take the example of an audio file : Double-click on it makes the file played immediately. So, i understand having another button to begin playing this song doesn't look as a great idea. So i develop my vision of the things. I think that concerning files, the 3 same actions are performed in 90% of time but only one action is accessible very rapidly. I would like to be able to perform all the common actions on files with just one click. Take the example of an image file. The actions i make on a image file are the following : see , modify, send by mail. To see my image i double-click. -> 1 operation To modify it, i do right-click then 'open with, then left-click on Gimp. -> 3 operations To send it, i do right-click then 'send to' -> 2 two operations If we have an action column all those action are available with one click. So i think we win some productivity. Another problem i want to resolve : The default behavior when i double-click on a file is not the action i use the most. * Archives files : the action i do the most often is 'extract here' -> 2 operations, the second is 'open' accessible with the double-click * Images files : 50% time i what to see it (1 operation), 50% of time i want to modify it (3 operations) * music files : 50% time 'play now' (1 operation), 50% time 'add to playlist' (here the number of operations become a real problem, i haven't count but it's too much even using drag n drop). * Video files : the same as music files. For folders, imagine that you can have different actions available depending of the content of the folder. * Music folders : play now, add to playlist * Images folder : send by mail, print, burn on CD... * Documents folder : make an archive an send it to a remote site for backup, ... Then the double-clic would be for open the folder but you could make some actions directly without open it. With this action column, people would use right-click very less often ans do all their actions on files with one click. And like sometimes you don't know what double-click will do on this file, with small icons you will see better what will happen. > Now the real question is: how common are the remaining two actions and > do they warrant a separate column in the view? For most of those you > named, drag-and-drop suffices once you have the appropriate application > open. When i receive people at home and they have to add a song into the play list it become a catastrophe, they don't know the existence of drag n drop. My idea is Deezer based (for music files) so perhaps it could help people who don't know nautilus. > But granted, that's probably what you're trying to avoid here. Exactly. > I > am just not completely convinced that it is a common use case to perform > any of those operations on a single file, I think that it's people to decide what they would like to do with one click, it would be interesting to make a survey to know what are the 3 actions people do on file and folders. > thus warranting such a > single-click shortcut that would otherwise keep taking up screen real > estate. > > There are some other issues to consider here, for example, having an > active control in there could potentially break the paradigm "click to > select". Could you develop it please, i don't see what you mean with 'active control' and what problem it could throw :) Thanks for your response. Anthony > > > /******************/ > > /***2. Selection***/ > > /******************/ > > If there is a check box in the actions column to select/unselect any > > file or folder, it becomes more easy to select many files. > > With Ctrl+ mouse_left, Ctrl+a, even Ctrl-s+regexpr, Shit+mouse shortcut > > you can select many file in a few time but how many users know those > > shortcut ? I think many people use the keyboard only to write email, > > chat and tip some text, but not for selection. > > > > That why i think nautilus need a more easy to use way to select > > files/folders. > > > > > > Thank for your attention. > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > -- > > nautilus-list mailing list > > nautilus-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list > > -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list