This seems to me to be a questionable UX decision. Many users would prefer when going to some folders to see icons and for other folders to see a list, based on the contents of the folders. It makes less sense to have the persistence of the setting based on the random fact of a given window invocation at a given time.
Perhaps it should be a gconf setting, or better yet, a setting in the Preferences. -- 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/1152226 Title: nautilus no longer remembers view per directory Status in Nautilus: New Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Nautilus in raring no longer remembers the view per directory as it did in previous releases. This is a functionality regression. Steps to reproduce: 1- Open nautilus from launcher 2- Go to "Downloads" directory 3- Switch view to "list" 4- Close nautilus window 5- Open nautilus again, and go to "Downloads" directory ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-11.20-generic 3.8.2 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 7 10:50:01 2013 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'1004x670+148+241'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-13 (113 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-02-13 (21 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1152226/+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
