This has been fixed with Nautilus 3.6 which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550588 Title: "File properties" should be live/dynamic Status in Nautilus: Fix Released Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus In Nautilus "File properties" should be live/dynamic (show size of a directory while it grows) useful for folders while data is being written. Currently it stops counting and does not refresh. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: nautilus 1:2.29.92.1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Mar 28 20:12:45 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/550588/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp