Hi there, Yes, I can explain.
When you are looking through the file browser, up on the address bar (that normally shows you "where you are" in the files structure), you see something like "/this_drive/this_folder/another_folder/current_folder". Breadcrumbs are the iconic equivalent of the this text, to show you "where you have been" to get to the current folder or path. The breadcrumbs are (from memory) above the addressbar. So in summary, the Breadcrumbs are "a string of buttons named after the navigated directories hightlight where the user has been". In some operating systems (eg: Vista) you can see where you have been using these Breadcrumbs, and go back by clicking on them (at any level). This is very handy for navigating. This feature is also in Ubuntu, *however*, when you navigate via the "My computer" icon, the directory structure (rightly) changes, but the navigation breadcrumbs do also. To reproduce the problem: Go to the main menu: ->Places->Computer. In the resulting file exploration window, click any multi-level heirarchy file container. I'm going to use a CD Rom in my example. Open CD-RW TEST->First Level->Second Level (for example) Hit the < arrow buttons at the beginning of the breadcrumbs chain of icons... Notice: you will see that you have two predecessors that weren't there before: A drive icon, and "media". Navigating up and back to media is confusing, as the icons change, and the Computer isn't navigable by the UP arrow, or the trail. However, the "back" arrow still successfully navigates to Computer. Expectations: To navigate via the Breadcrumb trail back through Computer, and not to see /media/ there. I appreciate this might not map to the physical mapping of the mounted drive, but if so, the Computer paradigm doesn't map nicely. Anyway, that's my suggestion / observation. I hope that it made sense! Thanks for your time, Tim Mead On 4/16/07, Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for your bug. What is "breadcrumbs"? Could you describe what > you do, what happens and what you expect? > > ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > > -- > Breadcrumbs in Navigator won't navigate back via My Computer > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99620 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Breadcrumbs in Navigator won't navigate back via My Computer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/99620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
