Help requested for Ubuntu Brainstorm response on improving the nautilus folder view

[Rodrigo Moya]

Hi Martin

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 12:00 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Hello Rodrigo,
> 
> Once you've read the details below, please respond with an
> acknowledgement and let me know if you can participate.  The expected
> time investment is on the order of a couple of hours over the next
> two weeks.
> 
> Last November, the Technical Board recently began a new program to
> respond to top voted topics on Ubuntu Brainstorm:
> 
>   http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2010/11/03/weathering-the-ubuntu-brainstorm/
> 
> with the first round of responses summarized in
> 
>   http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2010/12/10/ubuntu-brainstorm-top-10-for-december-2010/
> 
> Our goal is to improve our responsiveness to the questions, concerns
> and suggestions we receive from the user community.  Note that this
> does NOT mean that we will commit to following the suggestions, but we
> will evaluate and respond to them.  By explaining what we will (or
> won't) do and why, we will show that we are paying attention and
> trying to make good decisions on behalf of our users.
> 
> The way the program works is that the Technical Board identifies
> people within the Ubuntu project who are knowledgeable in the specific
> topics proposed in Brainstorm, and asks each of them to write a short
> response to one topic.
> 
> One of the most popular topics in brainstorm at present is the
> improvement of presenting empty folders in nautilus' list view:
> 
>   http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26335/
> 
> As you are a GNOME domain expert, it would be great if you could check
> how much effort this would be.
> 
> Since you are well versed in the technology involved, we would
> appreciate if you could spend a short time reading the Brainstorm
> content about it and writing a few paragraphs.  You don't need to have
> all the answers, and I encourage you to ask for input from others who
> might have a view on the issue.  This can be in the form of a
> detailled upstream bug report, a blog post, an email, or any other
> suitable format.  It shouldn't take more than an hour or two to
> complete.
> 
> Our goal is to have everything ready for publication by the 11th of
> April.  Can you confirm that you're willing and able to help with
> this?
> 
yes, confirming it :-) Will do it later today or tomorrow

cheers