Thanks for the answers, and for all the links. 2016-11-14 5:04 GMT-05:00 Andreas Nilsson <li...@andreasn.se>:
> On 2016-11-12 18:00, Baptiste Saleil wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> File roller extract my archives in current directory by double click >> since 3.22 >> Is this a bug or a feature ? >> >> If it's a feature, is there a bug report or discussion I can track to >> understand why devs choose to make this change ? >> >> IMHO, this is one of the most stupid features which is again probably >> copied from the full-of-stupid-features MacOS. >> I mean, if you really want to extract an archive in the current >> directory, there is the "Extract here" context menu entry, and it's >> literaly the same amount of clicks. >> > > I would categorize it as a feature, but it might have certain surprising > behavior bits about it, that breaks yours and others expectations. > Probably a good candidate for some usability testing in the future. > > Having extraction support in a file manager is also present in Midnight > Commander, Windows Explorer (from XP and forward), ES File Explorer on > Android and probably a bunch of others that I'm forgetting about right now. > As someone else pointed out in the thread, there is a checkbox to turn it > off in Nautilus. > > -- Below is some documentation about how it came to be -- > > GSOC project idea: > https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SummerOfCode/2016/Ideas > > GSOC project summary: > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2016/projects/ > 5271934111580160/ > > Here are some blog posts on the subject: > https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/gsoc-2016-the-a > dventure-begins/ > https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/07/14/extraction-supp > ort-in-nautilus/ > https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/automatic-decom > pression-of-archives/ > https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/internal-compression/ > https://razvanchitu.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/an-awesome-experience/ > > And the bug report that implements the functionality: > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768646 > > It was also in the news: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/07/native-nautilus-file-extract-archive > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nautilus > -Improved-Extraction > > - Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >
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