On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:25:21 +0400 Michele Mor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi. > I'm not a dev, but my 2 cents about this. > > > I've just elaborated a very easy to do proposed solution about this 'search > > thing' - what do You think about? > > To integrate Catfish into Thunar is a bit complicated I think so forget it, > > leave Catfish as a standalone application and use it, but: > > > > 1. Rename it to 'File Finder' (as I wrote before its name tells nothing > > about its function). Move it close to Application Finder in Accessories > > (You can do it easily by Main Menu Editor). I think Application Finder and > > File Finder is a nice unit with clear names. > > > > 2. Insert File Finder into Thunar's File menu (it could simply launch File > > Finder as a standalone app in the actual folder). It needs to picking the > > code of Thunar, only programmers can do it. > > > > I think this solution is really easy to do, does not need big developments, > > but has got advantages: clear for everybody, accessible from most adequate > > places. > > > > See the mockup: > > http://ubuntuone.com/1aQxStk30agDyA5WqOwKFU > > > This is not bad, but I still prefer your previous mockup. > Having a "file finder" or "file filter" on your Thunar window is a huge > advantage for a user. > For example, if you download a file .mp3 and then open your "Download" folder > it would be much easier to identify that file if you could restrict Thunar to > show only .mp3 files. > As it has been mentioned earlier, Win and Mac do the same, why can't Xubuntu? > > Thanks. > Michele > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel Good idea, but don't forget it needs to be kept fairly lightweight. It shouldn't have a massive tracker indexing service like GNOME/Unity/KDE do, this would demand more resources and disk space for file indexing. Also thunar shouldn't be to overloaded with features - it needs to be a fast file manager, so catfish integration would be best done by another package. Joshua -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
