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