On 22/02/13 09:15, Colin Law wrote:
I don't think that logic does not apply to removing features like the
dual pane and tree views in Nautilus.
tree views just came back to some extent I think, I saw a screenshot
somewhere last week, but in any case, simplifying the file manager has
been in the works for quite a while
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2010/06/20/the-future-of-nautilus/
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2009/07/24/nautilus-streamlined/
https://live.gnome.org/Nautilus/UIRoadmap
http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2012/08/01/cross-cut/
The problem with the influence of "design" as a distinct activity and
expertise in open source, both in Gnome and Ubuntu and elsewhere is that
you very quickly get to a "patches not welcome" situation - and it is
often not clear when patches won't be welcome. I don't know if they
would accept a tree view being added to it. This means people fork stuff
rather than contribute to it, so there is a nemo file manager that has
been forked from nautilus and has some of the removed functions
re-added. Design is a good thing, but I think it should be added on top
of good architecture rather than being the starting point and
backfilling the structure.
Alan.
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