this is something that i had always thought of. Apart from the normal places/bookmarks on the side pane of the file manager, it would be great to let leach folder have it's own set of bookmarks.
eg you are at ~/ebooks/math how it looks with sidepane now: ================================== = sidepane | main window ---------------------------------- - Home Computer how i think it would be more useful: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:48 AM, anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nautilus(as File manager) should have pane, where it shows all selected >>>> files. We should have way to save selection(we don't specify name - it >>>> was created by Nautilus). Desktop can have the same feature(instead or >>>> with described in previous paragraph) as file manager. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> I never needed this, and i think it won't be usefull because it's very >>> rare (in my opinion) to have to select and deselect some fils and save the >>> selection, have you some use cases ? >>> >>> >> >> Yes. In example we can create virtual place called as the selection. >> User can select many files in many folders, called it as to remove. >> He can remove the files from places menu, but before he can look at >> files in this selection(group). >> Second way to use them is to manage files. We can use single Nautilus >> Windows to copy/move files. We select files to move/copy in many >> locations or single. We can now go to destination. We can move selection >> from saved selection left pane. >> >> > An example I want to : > move ~/toto/doc1 to ~/titi/ > copy ~/tutu/doc2 to ~/toto/ > and remove ~/tata/doc3 > > With Nautilus now if you have no bookmarks : > go to ~/toto/ > right clic on doc1 > cut > go to ~/titi > right clic > paste > > go to ~/tutu/ > right clic on doc2 > copy > go to ~/toto > right clic > paste > > go to ~/tata > right clic on doc3 > move to trash > > total : 15 operations maximum > +1 if the panel don't show the bookmarks > So *maximum is 16 operations* > If the destination is in the bookmarks each operation can be done with 2 > operation ( go to the folder, drag n drop) so the *minimum is 6 operations > * > With your feature : > > go to ~/toto/ > drag n drop doc1 > > go to ~/tutu/ > drag n drop doc2 > > go to ~/tata > drag n drop doc3 > > go to ~/titi > select doc1 in the panel > choose the action (move) > drag n drop doc1 > > go to ~/toto > select doc2 in the panel > choose the action (copy) > drag n drop doc2 > > select doc3 in the panel > choose the action (remove) > total 16 operations, if the selection panel is hidden, it makes 17 > operations > so the *maximum is 17 operations > *if the panel is almways displayed, and that you use drag n drop to move > your file to trash (cause i don't know why you want to move something into a > place before moving it into the trash when you want to move it to the trash. > So the *minimum is 14 operations. > > *After, for me it's not intuitive to place something into a panel when i > want to copy it into another folder, but whe can discuuss of it. We have to > think like the neophyt who don't want to understand how it works, so the > thing have to be natural, and it's a hard problem :D. I don't say your > feature would be more or less intuitive, but for the people who use nautilus > every day, it could be a hard to change the customs. (but this is not > because people have customs that those customs are good). > > For me this feature don't give benefices, now i hope you will give you > point of view on the question and perhaps it could permit to do things with > less operations. Correct me where i'm wrong. > > Bye > > Moissant Anthony > * > * > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >
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