Mikko Linnalo wrote: >>>- Option in right click menu or in file menu to add a folder to side >>>pane (as a shortcut). I know drag'n'drop to side menu works but it isn't >>>that obvious to "normal" user without reading the manual. This would >>>increase Thunars out-of-box readiness and overall usability >> >>Dunno if this is really necessary. Where would you add it exactly? To >>the folder context menu? > > Under the File menu, theres already some items in there that are active > only when a folder is highlighted. This "Add to shortcuts" could be > after "Open" and "Open in new window" items. Another solution could be > to add it to right click menu, but that could make the menu look a bit > bloated IMHO.
Ok, I'll see to it. It'd be a good idea to file a bugreport to remind me of this. >>>- "Remember selection" option as check box in Open with -dialog. I know >>>that default application can be selected from file properties dialog, >>>but being able to do so from Open with -dialog also would improve the >>>usability greatly (IMHO) >> >>The check box isn't necessary, since Thunar will automatically remember >>your choice. > > It doesn't remember that with 0.2.0 alpha (atleast for me), looks like > I have to change to SVN version anyway... It should, else its a bug. Do you have desktop-file-utils installed BTW? >>>- Single click support, lots of people have been used to using this. >>>This requires most effort from me to get used to after so many years of >>>single clicking >> >>This was discussed earlier. I'm personally not a big fan of single >>click, esp. since it is totally inconsistent with other applications >>that use GtkTreeView. Besides that it requires aweful hacks. You can >>file a feature request for this, but it won't be on high priority. > > I'll file a feature request then. Most people I know use single click > (both Windows and Linux users), my guess would be that single click > divides users of any OS into 2 about same sized groups (+-10% maybe). > > I'd also like point out an inconsistency inside Xfce if Thunar only > uses double click, atleast Xfce settings manager is "kind of" using > single click The xfce-mcs-manager is very different from the file view in Thunar. It uses a table of buttons, that are fixed. Both from the look&feel and the actual implementation, the xfce-mcs-manager dialog is pretty similar to the emblem chooser (in the file properties dialog) in Thunar, which is single click. > and also Rox file manager which large part of Xfce users > are using (or were using before Thunar was usable enough). > > I'm not saying that single click should be on by default, but an option > atleast. I'll end now before this looks like I'm debating this to the > bitter end :) File a feature request, and we'll see if it can be done w/o too ugly hacks. > Regards, > Mikko Linnalo Benedikt _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
