GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 614848
don't use " - File Browser" in the window title
Last modified: 2010-06-08 09:54:10 UTC
The HIG highly recommends not using the application name in the window title. gnome-shell picks up the application name from the .desktop file and shows it the window menu in the top bar so it would be a duplication.
Created attachment 162970 [details] [review] Removes the "File Browser" title in the window - only showing the name of the current folder
Review of attachment 162970 [details] [review]: Looks good, please commit to master.
Hmmm... If my memories doesn't fail, the " - File Manager" suffix was added to differentiate[1] spatial windows ("$FOLDER") from explore windows ("$FOLDER - File Manager"). This when spatial view was our default, and was logical to think of nautilus windows as document windows (1 folder <-> 1 window). But now? Whit this change you can open N different windows showing the same content, all of them using the same window title. IMHO we should keep the current " - File Manager" suffix at least when you are using the spatial interface as default (i.e. when /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser is FALSE) but we could also need a good way to differentiate 2 or more browser windows showing the same location[2] [1] or, maybe, was the "$FOLDER - " prefix to be added to differentiate 2 or more "File Browser" windows, we should check ChangeLogs [2] or two locations with same name, but different paths ;)
(In reply to comment #3) > But now? Whit this change you can open N different windows showing the same > content, all of them using the same window title. What would change from the current behaviour? You can open N different windows with the same content and same window title also now. > IMHO we should keep the current " - File Manager" suffix at least when you are > using the spatial interface as default (i.e. when > /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser is FALSE) but we could also need > a good way to differentiate 2 or more browser windows showing the same > location[2] The first proposal is a good idea, the second one is a completely separate bug, because you have exactly the same problem without this patch.
I pushed Marcus' patch to master, with the addition suggested by Luca. Closing as FIXED.
yay, thanks!g