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Bug 471358 - Why backgrounds and colours?
Why backgrounds and colours?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Backgrounds Emblems and Themes
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on: 534297
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-08-28 23:55 UTC by Bastien Nocera
Modified: 2010-08-02 12:20 UTC
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Description Bastien Nocera 2007-08-28 23:55:42 UTC 
What's the background and colours window good for? Why would a user want to change the background of a specific folder?

It might be a good idea to think about removing the dialogue, even if the emblems stay.
Comment 1 Allan Day 2010-06-03 21:51:12 UTC 
Yay! A bug report asking for a 'feature' to be removed. Confirming with utmost enthusiasm.
Comment 2 Holger Berndt 2010-06-08 14:19:11 UTC 
I fully agree that they are not really useful.

If I had to speculate why the feature is there, I'd say it has to do with the spatial paradigm in spatial mode. When a window is interpreted like a physical object and is directly linked with a directory, and you have tons of windows open at the same time, it may be a useful mental model for fast distinguishing between the supposedly physical objects.

It doesn't make much sense in browser mode, where you can only have a unique background for all windows anyways, though.
Comment 3 Marcus Carlson 2010-06-28 21:56:11 UTC 
So, it should be removed then?
Comment 4 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-08-02 12:20:04 UTC 
Yeah, we did this :)