Benjamin, It's not my design. Both of those links are what is being used for the latest nautilus. Version 2.14.1.
I'm sure the developers appreciate your praise. :) I think they've done a splendid job myself. Lakin On 4/15/06, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Lakin Wecker wrote: > >> Hi Benjamin, > >> > >> First off, it should be noted that the new version of Nautilus and the > >> cd-burner (2.14.1) don't have the "burn:///" for either the default > >> spatial view [1] or the default browse view [2]. At least, they don't > >> in Ubuntu. > >> > >> You speak from your experience as a user, which will bring to the > >> argument all of your assumptions as to how computers work. Other > >> users will come from different experiences and assumptions. In fact, > >> I just invited my wife to burn a CD using the spatial interface, and > >> it took her under 30 seconds to pull it off. 25 of those seconds were > >> spent convincing her that I wasn't joking, and that she should just > >> try it. She has never previously burned a CD in her life, although > >> she is familiar with computers as a Mac OS X user. > >> > >> Now, this isn't an extensive user study, as my wife is only one > >> user(although I know quite a few other non-developer's who have > >> successfully used this interface). But it does show that the > >> interface is not equivalent to meeting a Martian in a supermarket, for > >> all users. > >> > >> I personally think the current interface is very intuitive. It's > >> simple, and yet it's still consistent with every other nautilus > >> window, which is something that shouldn't go unnoticed. I typically > >> use the spatial view as I find it more useful, and logical, and in the > >> spatial burn view there is only one place that will accept the drop of > >> the files, and it is the correct place. > >> > >> Lakin > >> > >> [1] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~weckerl/default-spatial-view.png > >> [2] http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~weckerl/default-browse-view.png > >> > >> > > Dear Lakin: > > > > I appreciate your comments and, of course, one user does represent all > > of mankind. So, I have had my piece, you have had yours. Let's leave > > it at that and let's the users in time determine what's really right > > and what's really intuitive. > > > > Benjamin > Dear Lakin: > > On second thought, I rather like your new design for CD/DVD Create. The > new interface is clear and quite intuitive. It's a far cry from what I > saw and had to contend with yesterday afternoon. So, you have my vote > for the new interface. It's appropriately simple and intuitive. > > 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
