Hello,
I would like more navigational facilities while preserving the purity of the spatial paradigm. Let me explain.
I find myself using nonspatial nautilus, because the side panel with the RECENT FOLDERS history gives an invaluable speedup to my navigation. I just cannot renounce to it. The history allows me to
1. have the important locations always at hand when I need them,
2. without cluttering the taskbar,
3. and without requiring me to decide early whether I will use a given folder again (I don't always know that).
When I need to go to a folder I've visited recently, a "bell" rings in my brain, saying "wait, you've been there recently". This happens to any human being; it's part of our nature. When this happens, I just look in the history and I find the folder quickly. Not so in spatial mode: I must have left the folder open, which requires discipline, and clutters the taskbar.
Maybe you should exploit human nature a bit more. :-)
But the point I want to make is: WHY DO I HAVE TO RENOUNCE TO THOSE FACILITIES WHEN I USE SPATIAL NAUTILUS? It seems to me there is no reason for this; that you are interpreting the spatial metaphor in a uselessly restrictive way: the spatial metaphor only means that a nautilus window must represent a folder. So, INSIDE the window you cannot have, say, a list of recent places, or a list of bookmarks, which have no relation with the folder. So far so good. But this does NOT imply that a global sidebar with recent places must not be available! External to nautilus, I mean. This would NOT contradict the spatial paradigm.
Currently, when navigatin in spatial mode, I don't have such a history. The only list of locations I have is in window-list. With the problems I stated above (it is unsorted, it clutters the window-list, and I am forced to consciouly decide if I will need a window later).
So I beg you to think about it: a history with recent folders is necessary in spatial mode too, and it does not contradict the spatial principles.
I'd like to know what you think about it.
Cheers, Maurizio _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
