I don't understand it either, but it's not Ubuntu's fault. The problem is upstream: Canonical repackages the gnome desktop, and AFAICS the gnome-devs have gone insane and think that removing commonly-used and useful functionality will make gnome better. They therefore don't think this is a bug - they did it on purpose! - which is why they have closed the upstream bug as "won't fix".
This bug is just one example in nautilus - do you notice that you can no longer create a new folder using the right click if the nautilus window is filled with file names? That there's no longer a status bar? That the menu has most of its functionality removed - you can't even create a new folder any more via the menu? That the tree view and split panes is no longer there? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113648 Title: Add a context menu entry to create a new blank file Status in Nautilus: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Release of Ubuntu: Raring, 13.04 Package Version: 3.6.3-0ubuntu5 Expected Results: Be able to create an empty file from the context menu Actual Results: There's not possible till I create manually an empty file in $HOME/Templates There is no easy way to create 'new blank' files in Files, you can do it by creating a file in $HOME/Templates/new or by installing an extension: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/add-new-empty-file-entry-to- nautilus-36.html I don't think normal people will be interested in doing any of those procedures, exist a Gnome bug about it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687139 But it's closed, so I'd like to see this fixed in Ubuntu at least, what about providing some default files so people using Ubuntu can create empty files since the first boot? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1113648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
