On 4/26/05, Daniel Borgmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 16:29 +0200, Magnus Damm wrote: > > Also, I think it would be good if the system was efficient to use for > > people that only knows about folders and have no idea about things > > like an absolute path or slash-chars and how they work. So I would > > like to be able to jump to a target without typing in a path. > > Sure, it was just an example how spatial folder objects in conjunction > with another method to navigate to a target can be very efficient. Also > people who are not geeks usually shouldn't have a reason to access any > system or hidden folder under normal circumstances. :) And I believe a > tree view would already solve the "deep hierarchy" problem for those > users.
Yes, adding a tree view would be a good thing IMO. But if someone wants to hack up a zoomable world map that is mapped on a sphere and placed on the desktop as a desklet then I would prefer that. =) > > > What intrigues me so much about the whole spatial concept is to a large > > > extend, that it makes cooperation between different desktop objects not > > > just possible, but also natural and efficient. > > > > I agree. But I think some pieces of the spatial puzzle are still > > missing to make it as efficient as it could be. > > I see it more as a LEGO construction kit than a puzzle. ;) The > possibilities for extension are infinite and the components can all > compliment each other. IANAGP (I am not a gui programmer), so I do not see any tree-parts in my LEGO drawer... =) But someone, please hack up a tree view. / magnus -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
