tir, 29 08 2006 kl. 03:58 +0200, skrev Bernhard Walle: > Hello, > > * GX GLIX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-29 03:31]: > > Has any body considred the option of tabs (much like firefox) I find this a > > very handy feature and will put thunar one notch above other file managers. > > Well, Firefox is a browser and Thunar a file manager. I don't think > that tabbing belongs into a file manager. Just my thought about this > topic.
I agree. A web browser is for the web - a gigantic global network of websites on webservers, with separate roots (domains) and connected by hyperlinks. Websites are written in the hyper text markup language (HTML). A file manager is (primary) for managing files on the local filesystem - with a single root (on POSIX systems, at least). One can't use a basic file manager to view fancy content like HTML; it will only show the files, as icons or in a list, and allow one to navigate the folder hierarchy, move files and folders around, and other file management tasks. In a web browser I want tabs; I want to go to a website, read the content, and open some interesting links in new tabs (in the background) along the way. Maybe I want to read the content on the website of one of the links right away - then I open the link in a new tab and switch to the new tab. When I am finished reading, I close the new tab and go back to the tab containing the first website. The web (and as such a web browser) is all about content, and hyperlinks between content. (Basic) File managers, on the other hand, are only about the paths to content, only about the addresses, and not about the content itself. File managers are also based on a single and relatively simple file hierarchy, while the web is about as decentralised as it can get, with almost as many hierarchies as there are websites. My point is that web browsers and file managers - while they can share a lot of navigational UI elements - have completely different use cases. IMHO. Some may like tabs in a file manager. But I don't think that Thunar needs to be the ultimate file manager for everyone. It can't be. Adding tabs makes the UI more complex. Adding features X, Y, and Z makes it even worse. The developer have to say stop at some point. In the end it is Benedikt who have to make the decision. > Regards, > Bernhard Stefan _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list [email protected] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev
