[ubuntu-uk] Changes imposed

[Alan Bell]

On 22/02/13 09:15, Colin Law wrote:
>
> I don't think that logic does not apply to removing features like the
> dual pane and tree views in Nautilus.
tree views just came back to some extent I think, I saw a screenshot 
somewhere last week, but in any case, simplifying the file manager has 
been in the works for quite a while

http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2010/06/20/the-future-of-nautilus/
http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2009/07/24/nautilus-streamlined/
https://live.gnome.org/Nautilus/UIRoadmap
http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2012/08/01/cross-cut/

The problem with the influence of "design" as a distinct activity and 
expertise in open source, both in Gnome and Ubuntu and elsewhere is that 
you very quickly get to a "patches not welcome" situation - and it is 
often not clear when patches won't be welcome. I don't know if they 
would accept a tree view being added to it. This means people fork stuff 
rather than contribute to it, so there is a nemo file manager that has 
been forked from nautilus and has some of the removed functions 
re-added. Design is a good thing, but I think it should be added on top 
of good architecture rather than being the starting point and 
backfilling the structure.

Alan.

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