Benjamin, Would you be so kind as to put in a bug for this?
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ That way we can track it, and maybe have it as a task for gnome-love folks to try their hands at. It doesn't seem too hard to fix this problem. sri On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 06:48 -0400, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Patrick 9 wrote: > > Le samedi 15 avril 2006 à 04:53 -0400, Benjamin Sher a écrit : > > > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > I succeeded burning my 3:45 minute (7.1 GB) DVD compressed (to 4.3 GB > > > and copied and decrypted by K9copy. Two things: > > > > > > 1) While burning with Nautilus I was completely unable to do anything > > > else. It took up all of my PCLINUXOS system and if I tried to use any > > > other application, it would freeze Linux. > > > > > > > > Nautilus-cd-burner takes maximum priority to be sure it will be able > > to always fill the burner's buffer. There is some time when you can't do > > anything else > > > > > 2) In the final result, two major VOB files were missing. This may have > > > had more to do with K9Copy than with Nautilus. Just reporting the facts. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Benjamin > > > > > You're welcome > > > > -- > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > Dear friends: > > You all know that I went through unnecessary agony trying to use this > simplest of CD Burners. The obvious solution would be to > > a) drop the cryptic burn:/// "protocol" that is enough to completely > confuse, baffle and totally enrage any new user. > > b) instead of a small, rectangular folder for CD/DVD, make a BIG BOX > labelled CD/DVD files, place it right beneath the "burn:///" location > line (or whatever that is), put a line between this "burn" line and > the big box and put a downward green error indicating that that is > where all the movie files belong (and the big box is idea for all the > many movie files so the user will understand intuitively what's > involved). Then put the "Write to Disk" buttton (or replace it with > "Burn") right below the big box with a big arrow leading to it. > > c) Get rid of that absolutely confusing and unintuitive opening splash > screen: "No Files Selected". Closed. Open CD/DVD Creator. A truly > bizarre interface, the like of which I have rarely if ever seen. Why > tell the user to open the CD/DVD Creator. Have it open automatically > like any other intuitive program with all options and procedures > clearly spelled out in a step by step fashion. > > d) You have "Write to Disk" several times in several menus and in > several places and it disappears if you do something like try to add > your files. > > e) The whole interface should be completely overhauled and tested with > its target audience: that of a new user new to Linux who would like a > really simply CD/DVD Burner without having to check in to Bellevue to > have his sanity examined. > > Hope you accept my suggestions in the spirit they were given. A simple > CD/DVD Burner should be SIMPLE. That's all there is to it. Not a > nightmare making an adult feel that he trying to learn how to use the > potty. > > Thank you. > > Benjamin > > > -- > nautilus-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
