Hello all, I'm not by far any GUI expert, but I find the Gnome desktop a nice and I believe that a useful graphical environment is a key component for getting my grandma feel at home on a machine running free software.
I have been reading some spatial-related email on this list with half an eye, and to me most of the ideas have been a workaround for the fact that browsing deep directory structures generates many new windows and fills up your screen too fast. To me the most logical solution for that specific problem would be to have some kind of zoomable "world map" showing all reachable folders in a gigantic tree structure. This is to provide the user with a way to find their way to a specific folder quickly by just looking at the world map and clicking the folder - bypassing a long path of spatial clicking. It should be easy to zoom in and out and pan around on the map. Clicking a folder on the map should result in an opened spatial nautilus window. Perhaps the zoom level of the map could be controlled with the scroll wheel. And yes of course - the map should be autogenerated and kept in sync with the reality using gamin or something like that. I also think the size of the folder icons on the map should depend on the number of folders within a folder, ie a folder containing 1000 folders would contain smaller subfolders and require a greater zoom in than a folder containing 5 folders. I'm not sure if this is something that should be part of nautilus, but I thought I'd throw the idea out in space and see if I get any reaction. =) / magnus -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
