I never thought that this might be considered a bug, I just thought since this has been the case for Ubuntu (I haven't tried other distributions running Gnome except for Ubuntu derivatives) for as long as I can remember it was a design flaw, and not really a "bug".
2011/5/6 Ingo Gerth <[email protected]> > Before posting to this list, please first reconsider whether what you want > to report might not be a bug. This one certainly is, and I reported it a > while ago: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224 > Head over to launchpad and mark yourself as affected! > > Remember this list is about *design *and not bugs. > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah I think they do too, but I wasn't sure if the Unity shell implemented >> it's own version of the desktop or something like that. I said "Since Gnome >> 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably not disappear in >> the near future it should be fixed for that as well" more as another reason >> to see to that it gets done. >> >> 2011/5/5 Alexander Lancey <[email protected]> >> >>> I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Unity and Gnome 2 (in Ubuntu) use the >>> same version of Nautilus. >>> >>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I just can't help but get annoyed over that if you place something on >>>> the desktop it never looks organized. There is always some small >>>> irregularity when you try to put folders, devices or shortcuts in a >>>> relatively grid-like pattern. The "keep aligned" option doesn't even keep >>>> the items aligned. You can still easily put icons and folders on top of >>>> each >>>> other. Maybe you aren't supposed to be able to keep icons on the desktop in >>>> Unity because of the move to a more app-centric interface but as it is now >>>> you still can and therefore I expect the "keep aligned" option to keep the >>>> items aligned. >>>> >>>> Since Gnome 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably not >>>> disappear in the near future it should be fixed for that as well, it's >>>> actually even more important since there you expect to use the desktop area >>>> for launchers to quick start applications and connected devices. >>>> >>>> Anyone else reacting on this? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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