On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Paul Louden <paulthen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've stated my position several times: I think we should decide whether we > want to mimic the file browsers or not. If we do, I think we should mimic > all their sorting quirks that we can, rather than suggest we're "like" them > but with our own choices as to where to go our own way.
Well, I think we still have two options here: 1. completely mimic the file browser. In this case I agree with you that we should mimic all quirks the browser used as reference has. 2. only mimic the browser in regards of numbers (or any other subset). I think this is a viable alternative, though not all might agree. Doing it this way we're not "like" the reference browser but simply doing a (the most commonly noticed?) subset. If we chose to minic a browser completely we immediately come across the question of which browser to use as reference. I'm quite sure Explorer / Konqueror / Nautilus behave differently in regards of prefixes like space, dot and underscore. Which is a reason why I'd go for mimicing the part of this "natural sorting" that's common among them. - Dominik
