*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1026254 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026254
I trust you guys will make the best decision.
I've done my best to advocate the usefulness of this feature. The main
thing I will tell you, is that after you've discovered this feature, you
can't go back.
My own philosophy on software advancement places priority on two
(potentially mutually exclusive) priorities:
1) For the sake of intuitiveness, always provide a contextual menu for
each element graphically displayed. Doing so, allows the user to answers
the question: "What are all the things I do with this thing?". Another
way of saying this is: "Place functionality near as possible to the
graphical representation of the thing that the functionality is about".
Doing this is most intuitive, and will eliminate mouse travel.
2) Always strive to eliminate the number of steps required to achieve a
task, and do this in a manner that does not compromise the intuitiveness
(the obviousness) of how to perform that task.
In this use case, we have user browsing through their file system with
Nautilus. They come across a folder containing a hierarchy of music
files. The user decides he would like to recursively enqueue this
folder's files into his favorite music player. Due to principle #1, the
most intuitive way to do this (giving context and nearness) is to place
an option in the context menu that will allow him to recursively enqueue
this folder into the application of his choice.
This method also fulfills principle #2, because it eliminates these 3
steps: (1) Launch an application. (2) Position the window of that
application so that is not on top of the Nautilus window (3) Drag the
folder from the Nautilus window into the other application's window.
Even a new user, could easily discover the usefulness of this feature,
due to intuitiveness of context menus, which always answer the question
"What can I do with this thing"? And, any user who has previously
discovered this, will prefer it in this exact use case scenario.
Additional use cases this serves:
- Open folder with k4dirstat, to see what within that folder is taking up the
most space on your hard drive
- Enqueue Folder into VLC to watch multiple music videos one after the other.
Any application that can use a folder as a launching input benefits from
this previously achieve (but now missing) feature.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178697
Title:
Regression - Can't "Open with" on Folders
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
In Ubuntu 12.04, I could right-click on a folder in Nautilus, and its
context-menu provided an "Open With" option that was especially
convenient for queuing up a folder of media file into a variety of
media players (like VLC for example).
In Ubuntu 13.04, this option is missing and therefore requires
additional steps to achieve the same result:
(1) Launch media player
(2) Position Player beside Nautilus
(3) Drag and drop folder into media player.
This regression has removed a previously handy feature. It was a lot
easier to just right-click the folder and "open with" the media player
of my choosing. That "Open With" menu item would also remember every
application I've ever opened a folder with, and it would list those
previously-used-applications for an even quicker selection process. We
need to bring this back!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 10 09:03:36 2013
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'686x550+57+24'"
b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'188'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-02 (38 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130401)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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