GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 681919
Remove the option to open all folders in new windows
Last modified: 2012-09-26 11:54:52 UTC
We should remove the option to open all folders in new windows. This made sense for spatial mode but it doesn't any more. There are still many ways to open folders in new windows as needed.
Created attachment 221272 [details] [review] Remove the open folders in new windows option This is not something we want to encourage as it basically breaks the browser model.
Created attachment 221273 [details] [review] Remove always-use-browser option This isn't necessary since the removal of spatial mode. Having it as a hidden preference is counterproductive because it may have been set before and it will silently break the behavior of the current version.
Review of attachment 221273 [details] [review]: OK, I think this makes sense without spatial mode.
Review of attachment 221272 [details] [review]: OK
You removed the always-use-browser option????? I already got a comment yesterday from a friend, that I am trying to convert to linux, about the option being hidden and no way of having a "up a level" button, he said "well, Windows has it, maybe you should switch to Windows". Come on guys, not everyone likes breadcrumbs. It doesn't work well with long names, you can't paste paths, you can't modify paths, etc. I think that having "always-use-browser" and in case it is enabled (I agree it makes no sense w/ breadcrumbs) have an "up one level" button should be a choice the user makes. The up button is needed with the "always-use-browser" option because if you paste a path and want to go up a level, the back arrow don't behave like an up button, the back arrow will take you back to the location before pasting the new location, the up will go up one level from the current location. What are you guys trying to do, sabotage the user experience? Where do you get these ideas from? You should have a visible user input page where you propose these types of things and people can voice their concerns. I know people don't like change, but we also have cases where we use/need something you are trying to remove (like when you wanted to force sleep on laptops when the lid is closed). Gabriel
*** Bug 684857 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***