Re: [Unity-design] Worrying nautilus development direction, New default file manager?

2012-07-24 Thread Gregory Merchan
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > Yet another feature removed in nautilus recently: templates. You can no > longer right click > create new file. I definitely think we should at least > be patching basically functionality like that back... Maybe that's for the best since N

Re: [Unity-design] Files

2012-07-24 Thread Ian Santopietro
I think that a verb like "Filer" or something would be much better. It's still contextually relevant to the function of the application, simple to understand for new users, and unambiguous regarding support. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:30 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrot

Re: [Unity-design] [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2012-07-24 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > That looks very nice, I'd love to see those mockups come to fruition in > 12.10. yes. i don't know about "new window" or about the concepts involving the default middle click action.. disputable. but the rigid integration of window spre

Re: [Unity-design] [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2012-07-24 Thread Brandon Watkins
That looks very nice, I'd love to see those mockups come to fruition in 12.10. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM, David Gorski wrote: > Isn't there currently a plan for a whole new spread? > > As outlined here: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EdrlUuZvA9P8-BZufUU2KlHGjg49p9UacF4MCL0U5uA/edi

Re: [Unity-design] [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2012-07-24 Thread David Gorski
Isn't there currently a plan for a whole new spread? As outlined here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EdrlUuZvA9P8-BZufUU2KlHGjg49p9UacF4MCL0U5uA/edit?pli=1 I believe it includes close buttons and titles. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > I definitely agree, I reca

Re: [Unity-design] Files

2012-07-24 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
Hi brandon, On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > As someone that works in tech support, his anecdote is painfully accurate > and a valid reason that naming something just "files" can certainly up > being so simple that its actually *more confusing*. :) > > Some might call na

Re: [Unity-design] [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2012-07-24 Thread Brandon Watkins
I definitely agree, I recall posting something similar on this list during precise development. We need a close button, and text showing the name of the window (similar to gnome-shell's overlay) On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:25 AM, frederik.nn...@gmail.com < frederik.nn...@gmail.com> wrote: > an old

Re: [Unity-design] Files

2012-07-24 Thread Brandon Watkins
As someone that works in tech support, his anecdote is painfully accurate and a valid reason that naming something just "files" can certainly up being so simple that its actually *more confusing*. :) Some might call naming it files "simple", I think its just overly vague, and being vague leads to

Re: [Unity-design] Files

2012-07-24 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
I disagree. On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > Yeah, naming it something like "File Manager" is far clearer. Its a simple > name that explains what it does, and its easy for a user to understand. If what you have in mind is a program, then "Files Program" or "File Manage

Re: [Unity-design] [Ayatana] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2012-07-24 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
an old thread, yes, please don't lynch me for bumping it now... On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > For completeness on this thread, I'd like to say: > > - yes, we should show a close button on window previews in our spreads > - it should only be the close button, none

Re: [Unity-design] Worrying nautilus development direction, New default file manager?

2012-07-24 Thread Brandon Watkins
Yet another feature removed in nautilus recently: templates. You can no longer right click > create new file. I definitely think we should at least be patching basically functionality like that back... On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Brandon Watkins wrote: > Gnome has started tearing out nautil