Tom Wesley wrote:
On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 22:12 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote:
I'm testing GNOME 2.6 for the first time, after upgrading to Fedora Core
2... One change I notice right away is that there's now a distinction
between "browse folder" and normal "file view" or "file manager". And
I'm not sure I like it. To a certain degree, I can see that it may be
good to have a file view free from the space requirements and (possibly)
confusing GUI elements introduced by the navigation buttons, location
bar, side panel etc, but:
1. Is it really a good idea to have two separate directory viewers,
if a straight-forward interface without unnecessary options is
what we want? Won't the fact that there are two slightly different
views into the filesystem just confuse most users?
2. I absolutely detest the way the file manager will open a new
window every time I enter a new folder.
So, is there a way to get the "browse folder" functionality, or if you
like, old-style Nautilus window, as default open/double-click action?
(Yeah, I know it can be accessed via the context menu, but double-click
is really a lot more convenient.) If not, can I get the simplified file
manager view to re-use the window when entering folders + possibly
present a "parent directory" icon (or "Place" entry)?
- Toralf
If you use gconf editor, tick /apps/nautilus/preferences/
always_use_browser and it will default to the old behaviour.
Good. I'll try that...
You may be interested to know that if you either hold the shift key and
double click with the left mouse button, or use the middle mouse button
to double-click you will only keep one window open.
Ah, yes. I didn't know that, although I suspected that there would be
such an option. One problem with this, though: It won't keep the same
window, but open a new one *at a new location* and close the old. Farily
annoying if you ask me; I'm getting dizzy by it all. But perhaps this
one might be filed as a bug?
Hope this helps,
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