Extra Pane in Nautilus

[Greg Williams]

man that's disappointing. We so need a new File Manager. Nautilus is rapidly going down hill. I wish it could get forked to a version that keeps all the good stuff like "Extra Pane"

> From: clanlaw at googlemail.com
> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:22:06 +0000
> Subject: Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus
> To: mttbrnsmls at outlook.com
> CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> On 29 March 2013 22:12, Greg Williams <mttbrnsmls at outlook.com> wrote:
> > Why won't the Ubuntu-Developers switch to the Marlin File-Browser? Why are
> > they continuing to use Nautilus with such a weakening feature base?
> 
> I understand that the problem is that Nautilus also handles the
> desktop and other stuff.  It is not just the file manager.  There is
> nothing to stop you installing Marlin of course.  When I tried it,
> however, it seemed rather deficient in some areas.  I submitted some
> bugs but there has been little response.  There does not seem to be a
> lot of activity on the source.
> 
> Colin
> 
> >
> > I have no use for Nautilus if it doesn't support the Extra Pane. This is one
> > of the most used features of Nautilus by my friends and me. It's one of the
> > "linux things" that pulled me away from using Windows and Windows Explorer.
> > I like Gnome 3x but some of the decision those developers make are really
> > poorly thought out.
> >
> > So why not switch to Marlin or something else that supports Extra Pane
> > feature? Anybody know why this switch hasn't already been set in stone?
> >
> >> From: clanlaw at googlemail.com
> >> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:55:08 +0000
> >> Subject: Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus
> >> To: mttbrnsmls at outlook.com
> >> CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> >>
> >> On 29 March 2013 19:42, Greg Williams <mttbrnsmls at outlook.com> wrote:
> >> > Has there been any discussion about improving the user-interaction with
> >> > the
> >> > "Extra Pane" feature in Nautilus?
> >> >
> >> > I'm using 12.04 and make use of the Extra Pane feature a lot. A problem
> >> > with
> >> > it though is that there is not clear communication/indication about
> >> > which
> >> > pane is active (ie. which pane the user's keyboard input is going to
> >> > affect). I think some improvements need to be made to this element of
> >> > the
> >> > design of it. Is this on any of the developers' radar for improvement?
> >>
> >> Unfortunately the Gnome developers have decided to completely remove
> >> the Extra Pane feature from Nautilus, along with other useful stuff.
> >> Enjoy it while you can in 12.04 as if/when you upgrade to 13.04 or
> >> above you will lose it completely :(
> >> Note that this is not something that the Ubuntu developers have any
> >> control over, as far as I am aware.
> >>
> >> Colin
 		 	   		  
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