Kevin Kofler wrote:
Andrew Farris <lordmorgul <at> gmail.com> writes:
No. Apple has offered options, one of which maintains the prior behavior of
Apple OS 6.x to 9 (spatial browsing)
But that's what it is: backwards compatibility, not the default anymore.
I have the theory they decided not to make spatial browsing the default
because they wanted to make sure everyone learns multi-pane tree structure
browsing... one of their innovations in UI (i.e. look how cool this is).
Because that system actually makes sense, which is why Dolphin in KDE 4
supports this.
Dolphin also makes it easy to switch between Icons (browser mode with icons and
thumbnails), Details (browser mode with a list view showing file dates and
attributes) and Columns (what you call "multi-pane tree structure") modes
through a single click in the toolbar. In KDE 4.1, the traditional tree view
will also be available.
But if they are going to claim the change is going backwards I'd like to see
more than personal preference in the rhetoric.
The reason we claim spatial mode is a step backwards is that both M$ and Apple
have used something very similar in the past and both moved away from it.
They moved away from it because user acceptance was problematic due to users being
unable/unwilling to read the tiniest bits of documentation to find out they don't have to
end up with a billion windows open while using spatial mode... not because the system is
innately flawed.
I agree columned mode is better than purely spatial, but working from a tree or partial
tree partial spatial (i.e. nautilus browser/windows explorer) is the worst of both worlds.
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