@Sebastien I think all can intelligibly agree that the only reason a context menu could be considered non-intuitive is due to the fact that it often requires a right-click, instead of a left-click.
The studies you reference do not address the idea of making a normal left-click produce context menus (which could be used in touch interfaces as well). In situations where the left-click produces the context-menu, even the newest users will find it incredibly intuitive. Right-click-context-menus, are a very small price in intuitiveness for the benefits of always being able to answer the question: "What can I do with this thing"? If I called the shots at Ubuntu, a lot more would be context-menu-driven. To address the non-intuitiveness of right-clicking. You could remind the new user each session (until they disable the notification) the following: "If you don't know what something is, or what you can do with it: RIGHT- CLICK it" Or, another idea is, by default, make *left-clicks* display context menus, and give advanced users the ability move that feature to the right-click menu. Now you have perfect intuitiveness right off the bat, and users can take off their training wheels at any point. This is huge idea for User Friendliness. One day someone is going to get this right. It just makes too much sense: "Show me what I can do with what I'm clicking on". Its that simple. Every UI should keep this concept in mind during design and upgrade. That's my opinion. -- 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/1026254 Title: Open with on folders was removed, Ubuntu should consider patching back Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Note, bug has been open long enough to be fixed so who cares ... - If you wish this back, ppa here - https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/nauty-open This rev removed the context option. http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/nautilus/master-git/revision/16061 While unlikely to be reconsidered upstream I know many Ubuntu users find the option handy. I guess this report could be considered an Opinion & like other opinions in Ubuntu land the validity of such rests solely on 'who' agrees or disagrees ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.4-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jul 18 13:22:46 2012 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1043x619+132+204'" b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'sidebar-width' b'165' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120707) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1026254/+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
