Spatial mess prevention

[Matthew Thomas]

Jorge Bernal wrote:
 >    Today, at #ubuntu-motu, I noticed the last update of nautilus
 > package:
 >...
 >   * debian/patches/02_ubuntuspatial.patch:
 >     - changes to the spatial mode. Close the folders by default while
 >       browsing.

Ow. I understand the motivation, but that's 
surprising-and-not-in-a-good-way.

 >...
 >    But I think, like quite others, that this behaviour may not be the
 >    best option.  We  could  discuss that forever and lose a lot of our
 >    precious time.
 >
 >    Better  than  this,  is  to  develop  an  alternative solution. Let
 >    the Technical  Board, the sabdfl, or whoever has taken that
 >    decision happy, and let the user choose at the same time :)

The option you've added would be good as a temporary reduction of the 
problem. (It would keep me sane, at least, but then I'm the sort of 
person who ever looks in Preferences windows.)

A longer-term solution:
*   "No way of opening an item while closing its parent folder"
     <https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8519>
*   "No way of switching current folder into/out of browser mode"
     <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170546>

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Matthew Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/