I say just replace Nautilus with Dolphin :) On 10 May 2012 05:48, supernova <supernova...@gmail.com> wrote:
> just a joke: should the new file manager look like more dolphin than > nautilus? ;) > supernova > > Il giorno giovedì 10 maggio 2012, Ryan Gauger ha scritto: > >> Actually, I think if Nautilus was updated and was a lot more advanced >> than it is now (if this is a GNOME application, we can't do anything). If >> it was updated as I stated, i would be happy for it to stay. IMHO, Dolphin >> would suit Ubuntu, but it's too bad it's a KDE app. Thanks! >> >> In Christ, >> Ryan >> >> On May 9, 2012, at 6:24 PM, nick rundy <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> I agree, Nautilus should go. Frankly, I'd like to see Nautilus go >> solely for the fact that this bug still exists: >> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552093 >> >> It's only logical to assume that GNOME is abandoning Nautilus--why else >> would they devote resources to those stupid "single purpose applications" >> when Nautilus is so plagued with bugs and needs much improvement? >> >> The other thing that makes Nautilus unusable is the fact that it doesn't >> display content of mp3 tags when in details view. When I'm >> managing/deleting things that have mp3 tags (like podcasts), the inability >> to read the mp3 tags in Details view makes Nautilus incapable of >> effectively managing a digital walkman or ipod. I'm always forced back to >> the Windows-Explorer file-browser when I need to deal with ipod, walkman >> etc. >> >> So hopefully a new file-browser will fix Nautilus-bug-552093 and display >> mp3 tags in Details view but keeps all of Nautilus' strengths. Some have >> complained about looks, but I think Nautilus looks good in 12.04. Best it's >> ever looked IMHO. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 17:32:39 -0500 >> From: gregory.merc...@gmail.com >> To: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net >> Subject: [Unity-design] Replacing Nautilus >> >> Hi, >> >> I've been reading this list for a while, but only joined recently because >> I somehow missed that subscription was open. I wish I'd joined earlier, >> because there were times I wanted to offer solutions. I'll have to start by >> offering a problem. >> >> Nautilus has been becoming less useful with each release. One of the most >> recent offenses to all taste and sensibility was the removal of the >> background setting options for folders. I believe emblem settings were >> removed at the same time with the unfortunate side effect of my temporarily >> emblem-marked folders becoming permanently so. >> >> Nautilus was never really complete. It's never had a Miller column mode. >> Its spatial mode didn't have the toolkit or window manager support to work >> properly: missing were at least proper focus handling and something like >> _NET_WM_URL for a title bar path menu. The file property panels were in >> many cases anemic. While emblems allowed some distinction, a tweak to the >> icon color would have allowed distinctions that carried over into the modes >> with smaller icons. The views for collections were never well developed and >> seem to have been dropped altogether. Probably a hundred other things that >> could have been done were not done. It seems headed to becoming one of the >> worst file selection dialogs I've ever seen; I expect a "Close" button in >> the bottom right corner any day now. >> >> Mainstream GNOME has all but abandoned Nautilus in favor of >> single-purpose applications. That could be just an implementation detail, >> but I don't think I've seen the kind of cohesion that you'd get from a good >> workplace shell, like Nautilus could have been. Unity development seems to >> be proceeding on the premise that a file manager is not needed. While files >> and folders may not be the best way for me to organize my work, I really >> can't afford to hire a design and programming team to create the special >> purpose applications I need. I'll have to settle for the UNIX philosophy of >> using good single-purpose tools together to "roll my own" applications, but >> the available desktop environments don't seem to support that. GNUstep >> probably does, but there's too big of a "get it working right" curve for >> me. KDE might, but I can't use it for very long without getting dizzy and >> nauseated from all the roll-over effects. XFCE seems to have broken Gtk+ to >> achieve a look-and-feel on par with Xaw3d; maybe I just tried a buggy >> release? GNOME's single-purpose applications are not the same thing as >> single-purpose tools. And, really, only Unity has gotten rid of all the >> extra menu bars and put the one in the place where it belongs. >> >> As I see it, there's a need for Unity to have it's own file manager. I >> haven't seen any designs for this, at least none I liked enough to >> remember. Is anyone else giving this any thought? What's going to replace >> Nautilus? >> >> Needing at least a proper folder system, >> Greg >> >> >> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design Post to : >> unity-design@lists.launchpad.net Unsubs >> >> > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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