"Spatial" mode?

[Wander Boessenkool]

On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 12:28 -0500, msimplay wrote:
> hate spatial mode it mode

If you don't like, you can turn it of using gconf
(apps-nautilus-always_us_browser)

> i don't see the logic in not having an address bar 

Not having an adressbar is essential to spatial mode, but you can always
use file->open location

> and yes none of those articles are very convincing 
> Besides i thought Gnome was supposed to make it simple for users

You are looking at spatial through the eyes of an already (excuse the
term) perverted user. Years of using an explorer-like interface has led
many people to believe that that is the easy way. Now try looking at it
from the eyes of a new user: The icon _is_ the
folder/application/whatever. When you're using a real-life filing
cabinet, when you open a folder inside a drawer, the drawer doesn't
automatically shut, it stays where it was. When you open a document
inside that folder, the folder stays open and in it's place. And when
you return a folder to the filing cabinet, the next time you open it,
it's still where you left it. That's spatial.


> spatial is something that goes in the opposite direction of simple and
> its something you have to get used to but i rather not 
> i would have prefered if they added tabs like with Konqueror

Just try spatial mode for a while (and try opening folders with the
middle-mousebutton, or when pressing shift). If you still don't like
after a while, turn it off. If you do like it, welcome to the wonderful
world of intuitive and user-friendly computing ;-)

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> msimplay
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