On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 17:25 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > Ritesh Khadgaray wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > Out of curiosity, Why is nautilus spatial and the > > rest of desktop > > > not ? > > (Sorry, lost the original post...) way better helpful than google.
/me lost my google mojo. > > Perhaps the following features would define a spatial > app: > > 1. moving the file in the file manager doesn't disturb > the app it's open in why not have a central repo for document specific data, rather than each application as nautilus or scribes/scratchpad using a app specific database. ~/.spatial/<doc-hash> my argument is, if i/gnome were to say switch between scribes or scratchpad, or for that matter sticky-notes or tomboy document would not lose there properties such as position on desktop. > 2. renaming the file in the file manager causes the > app to update its title bar accordingly sounds perfect. > 3. you can save a new document by dragging it from the > app to the file manager mod up. > > I know there's been talk of 3, and I've seen mockups. > 1 and 2 would strengthen the link between the object > in the file manager and the document window. > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Does your mail provider give you FREE antivirus protection? > Get Yahoo! Mail http://uk.mail.yahoo.com -- Ritesh Khadgaray LinuX N Stuff Ph: +919822394463 Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
