Call for vote: Nautilus use Browser view for fedora 11

[Les Mikesell]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> The concept is symmetrical.  How can you hate opening the 2nd window if
>> you didn't hate the first? It's the same thing.  Is is odd vs. even and
>> fun again the 3rd time?
> 
> Krusader supports tabs (independent tabs in each pane). There are no ternary
> file operations in Krusader, so there's nothing which could be done with a
> third pane which can't be done with tabs in the 2 panes.

But if you jump back and forth among more than 2 there would be a lot of 
extra contortions compared to just parking them where you can see them all.

> And the nice thing about having the 2 panes in the same window is that you
> don't have to play around with positioning the windows so they don't
> overlap.

What's wrong with overlap?

> You just maximize the window (or even better, have it start up
> maximized, which Krusader supports just fine) and get it nicely split in
> the middle.

I hate maximized screens. I usually have unrelated windows open that 
need their space too.

> It's also nice for things like keyboard accessibility because
> everything in the file manager knows there's a second pane (for
> example, "copy" defaults to copying to the other pane, so it can be quickly
> used with the keyboard or with one click, no drop target to specify (but
> drag&drop is also possible and the panes are guaranteed not to
> overlap), "unpack" defaults to unpacking to the directory in the other pane
> etc.).

Don't think I'd like that either.  I often leave the target window 
positioned one level above the actual target directories so I can drop 
or paste into any of the visible folders.

> Having used 2-pane file managers for some time now, I'd never want to go
> back.

I've used them and can sort of tolerate them, but (a) don't prefer them 
over independent windows and (b) generally don't like things that behave 
differently as I jump among windows/linux/mac often sharing the screen 
via vmware/rdesktop/NX/vnc, etc.

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   Les Mikesell
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