One decent existing use-case for this feature is the "baobab" program (that is useful to a broad user-base, not just "power-users"), which helps people see their disk usage, and get rid of unneeded large files. It would also apply to any other application that operates on folders.
Without this feature in Nautilus, a user is forced to (1) locate / remember the name of the baobab program and run it, and (2) select an "open folder" item from within the application and navigate to wherever the desired folder to act on is. This is terribly inefficient in comparison with just right clicking on a folder that you are already viewing in Nautilus. The same would apply to any software that is developed to operate on a folder instead of just a file. One other argument for this is in terms of consistency -- the way you do something with a file in Nautilus should be consistent with the way you do something with a folder -- then there's less to remember about how to do things. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026254 Title: Open with on folders was removed, Ubuntu should consider patching back To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1026254/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
