On 06/24/2010 01:15 PM, Alexander Larsson wrote: > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 11:34 +0100, Allan Day wrote: >> You might ask if there is any real benefit to this change. The benefit, >> I think, is that it removes a technical-looking and - for most users (we >> could argue about this) - never used part of the UI. The result is an >> interface which is a tiny bit thinner, but more importantly, is >> friendlier and optimised for the vast majority of users. (It is worth >> pointing out that Finder doesn't have access to the File System or an >> equivalent.) > > OSX finder does show the filesystem, but its not called that. Its called > "Macintosh HD", "<name of computer>" or similar things. However, by > default they do hide "unix stuff" (like /usr, /bin, etc) in the > filesystem by placing .hidden files in the root.
Just about what I was about to reply. :-) Finder menu > Go > Computer (keyboard shortcut: Shift-Command-C) OS X calls the root "Computer", which isn't too bad (though I don't mean to propose it for GNOME, in light of historical use of that name). I use it pretty regularly. What's nice on OS X is that the "Go" menu keeps all entries, but Finder allows the sidebar to have items shown/hidden (e.g. mounted disks or the user's Documents folder, etc). So even if I've hidden it from the sidebar, it's in a discoverable location - the preference isn't to get rid of it completely, but to unclutter what I see all the time. Something to consider for GNOME? - John -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
