Of course, on Mac OS, you can also hit return to rename a file: http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/26/mac-101-a-simple-trick-to-rename-files/
In Nautilus and on Windows, this opens the file, which is pretty expensive and surprising if you do it by mistake... On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM, David Huggins Daines <dhdai...@gmail.com>wrote: > @Seb: I'm sorry, actually it was me that revived this discussion with a > rather flaming diatribe. Thank you for directing me to the original > Nautilus bug - for some reason Google doesn't pick it up, and I really > wanted to know what the process was that led to this decision. I find it > surprising, because it violates what I think of as generally accepted human > interface guidelines (don't require right clicks or keyboard shortcuts, > direct manipulation, etc). > > For me this is a papercut, as I use Windows and Mac OS X regularly and am > always surprised when I try to use Nautilus in the same way as I'd use the > Finder or Explorer. Of course, on Linux, it's often much faster (though > not very user-friendly) to just use the shell to manage files. > > I know there's some concern that people will rename files accidentally, > but on Mac OS, click-to-rename only happens if you click on the filename, > not on the icon. This seems like a pretty good compromise as it makes it > clear that you're trying to operate on the file name and not the file > itself. I've seen this user interface pattern elsewhere too... > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > >> @Martian: could you please stop those sneaking comments? they are not >> welcome here >> >> To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - >> http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct . Bug reports are >> handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear >> this in mind. >> >> It's also worth noting that you discuss with other users, they share >> their option but are not the one who implemented the current behaviour >> or decided or it, so "justify your...decision" is just plainly false, >> they didn't decide of anything and have no justification to give >> >> also, options are not a solution to usability issues, that's just >> complicating the UI for everyone and often not a step in the right >> direction >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 >> >> Title: >> Cannot rename by clicking on a file >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/48671/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671 Title: Cannot rename by clicking on a file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/48671/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
