[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Comment: Le samedi 18 février 2006 à 22:16 +, seguso a écrit : > Public bug report changed: > https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 > > Comment: > Apologies for not having the time to make a spec, however I am going to > elaborate here. Thank you for the comments. The bug is set as a wishlist if anybody wants to pick up to do a spec he's free to do it > Sebastien, the places menu does not help with the following scenarios: > > 1. I want to open a recently used file with a nondefault program. That's a panel bug, a right click could allow to "open with" > 2. I want to delete, in one shot, a bunch of recently used files (very > useful after burning a bunch of movies on a dvd). That one could be useful, but that could be integrated to some other places (menu editor by example) > 3. I want to rename a recently used file; The way it should work (and the new upstream implementation will be that way probably), it that they should monitored and the entry should update if you rename it from nautilus directly > All this is irritating because I recall having used the file just a > minute ago, so I have a feeling the second access should be easier. But > it isn't: I have to travel the whole route again and locate the file > again (among the 100 items). The application should have it on the top of the "previously open" > Now, it is clear the places menu does not solve the problem. But a > virtual folder would. Why? Because, when you need a file and you recall > having used it a minute ago, you would simply click the "recent files" > button in nautilus' toolbar, and find the file you need ON TOP of the > list. Or almost on top. Since the list would be sorted by time of recent > usage, descending. So, no need for navigating to the correct folder, and > no need to locate the file within the folder. Right, it would be nice but requires some hacking and is not trivial so it'll not happen for dapper. Note that upstream is working on a new "recent files" system and that may be worth waiting on that implementation to write the code rather writing something that will need to be done again soon -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Comment: Thanks for your bug. No, there is no such code, that would require to code a vfs method parsing the datas about it -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Comment: Apologies for not having the time to make a spec, however I am going to elaborate here. Sebastien, the places menu does not help with the following scenarios: 1. I want to open a recently used file with a nondefault program. 2. I want to delete, in one shot, a bunch of recently used files (very useful after burning a bunch of movies on a dvd). 3. I want to rename a recently used file; 4. I want to continuously drag the same bunch of files onto some target (say you have a program which is generating those files, and you need to periodically open them in an editor, or trash them). , and so on. Currently, the only solution to do the above is to (1) navigate to the correct folder, and then (2) locate the file within the folder (which is expensive if the folder contains 1000 files). All this is irritating because I recall having used the file just a minute ago, so I have a feeling the second access should be easier. But it isn't: I have to travel the whole route again and locate the file again (among the 100 items). Now, it is clear the places menu does not solve the problem. But a virtual folder would. Why? Because, when you need a file and you recall having used it a minute ago, you would simply click the "recent files" button in nautilus' toolbar, and find the file you need ON TOP of the list. Or almost on top. Since the list would be sorted by time of recent usage, descending. So, no need for navigating to the correct folder, and no need to locate the file within the folder. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Task: ubuntu nautilus Priority: None => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed Comment: What is complicated about using the places menu? -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Comment: Does the code already exist to display such a folder? Is it just a question of enabling it? In that case, I would recommend having an item in the current recent documents menu, above "Clear recent documents", called "Show as folder" which opens the virtual folder you describe. If Nautilus does not have such code already, then you probably need to convert this bug into a spec and register it at /distros/ubuntu/+specs -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Task: ubuntu nautilus Severity: Normal => Wishlist -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 29932] Add virtual folder with recent documents
Public bug reported: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/29932 Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed Description: hi, I propose to add a virtual folder (like Trash and CDburn) containing the recent files. Reason: the recent file list has a great potential, but currently is too difficult to reach (places > recent documents), and its items are not first-class citizens. If you added a virtual folder, I could act on recent documents as if I were in their real folder. I could move them, delete them, ecc. That would be a great usability improvement. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
