Sorry for double posting but I forgot to add that this isn't just affecting newly created icons, I can arrange the existing ones into complete disorder even when having "keep aligned" checked. http://i.imgur.com/Wy9jv.png
2011/5/6 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> > I never thought that this might be considered a bug, I just thought since > this has been the case for Ubuntu (I haven't tried other distributions > running Gnome except for Ubuntu derivatives) for as long as I can remember > it was a design flaw, and not really a "bug". > > > 2011/5/6 Ingo Gerth <i...@gerth-ac.de> > >> Before posting to this list, please first reconsider whether what you want >> to report might not be a bug. This one certainly is, and I reported it a >> while ago: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224 >> Head over to launchpad and mark yourself as affected! >> >> Remember this list is about *design *and not bugs. >> >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist < >> niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yeah I think they do too, but I wasn't sure if the Unity shell >>> implemented it's own version of the desktop or something like that. I said >>> "Since Gnome 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably not >>> disappear in the near future it should be fixed for that as well" more as >>> another reason to see to that it gets done. >>> >>> 2011/5/5 Alexander Lancey <a...@alexandos.org> >>> >>>> I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Unity and Gnome 2 (in Ubuntu) use >>>> the same version of Nautilus. >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist < >>>> niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just can't help but get annoyed over that if you place something on >>>>> the desktop it never looks organized. There is always some small >>>>> irregularity when you try to put folders, devices or shortcuts in a >>>>> relatively grid-like pattern. The "keep aligned" option doesn't even keep >>>>> the items aligned. You can still easily put icons and folders on top of >>>>> each >>>>> other. Maybe you aren't supposed to be able to keep icons on the desktop >>>>> in >>>>> Unity because of the move to a more app-centric interface but as it is now >>>>> you still can and therefore I expect the "keep aligned" option to keep the >>>>> items aligned. >>>>> >>>>> Since Gnome 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably >>>>> not disappear in the near future it should be fixed for that as well, it's >>>>> actually even more important since there you expect to use the desktop >>>>> area >>>>> for launchers to quick start applications and connected devices. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone else reacting on this? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>>> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >
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