On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 11:31 -0700, Alan wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:41:04AM +0300, Kalle Vahlman wrote: > > On 4/18/05, Yuan Qi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nautilus spatial is a very user friendly way to navigate files, however, > > > it > > > creates window clutter for users who use deep folder trees. > > > > I am still wondering how much the "window clutter" really troubles > > people, from an efficiency point of view. I do know that lots of > > people complain that they get lost in folders if there is many of them > > on the screen, but I bet most of them manage to work with other apps > > opening multiple windows (or, who can truly claim that he has only one > > browser window open at any time?). > > The big difference is that with multiple browser windows (or other app > windows) is that you're actively using them. The confusion that comes > with nautilus spatial browsers is that you end up with a lot of open > windows created from the trail to get to where you want to go. If I am > going to /home/alan/foo/bar/baz/qux I want just qux open, but currently > (without dbl-middle-click, shift double click, or other not-easily > discoverable tricks) you end up with foo, bar, baz, and qux open.
Exactly. If I would use spatial mode I would have 5 (average) useless windows open to get one file. Next think that I need to open 5 files in various directories :) I suppose a spatial mode is useful only for a flat directory hierarchy one level deep (two at most). If you need to browse more "complicated" tree, the browse mode would be far better. I use the browse mode only as I have really big directory tree. In what aspect is the spatial mode better (needed) for you? If it is not, just use the browse mode. Regards, Olaf -- Olaf FrÄczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
