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Bug 547831 - Change nautilus default thumbnail size from 96 to 48
Change nautilus default thumbnail size from 96 to 48
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: Icon View
0.x.x [obsolete]
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-08-14 20:08 UTC by Mark
Modified: 2010-06-27 10:12 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Mark 2008-08-14 20:08:05 UTC 
Hey,

Since gnome 2.20 we have this new setting in nautilus->icon_view
(gconf-editor: /apps/nautilus/icon_view/thumbnail_size). By default
that value is set to: "96" while the default icon size of all the
desktop icons is: 48.

Now i was hoping we could change this to make the icons and the
thumbnails the same size. A desktop looks a lot more attractive when
the icons and thumbnails are the same size than when everything is
48x48 and just a few images have a thumbnail of 96x96 making it look
strange.

Thanx,
Mark.
Comment 1 Florian Dorn 2009-12-10 10:49:30 UTC 
+1 From me. I doesn't make sense that the thumbnails are that huge and make a mess on the desktop and in folders.
Comment 2 Sense Hofstede 2009-12-21 12:57:38 UTC 
This has been reported downstream on Launchpad in Ubuntu at <https://launchpad.net/bugs/497728>. I would suggest to make the default thumbnail size equal to the default icon size, either 96 or 48 for both in order to provide a consistent user interface.
Comment 3 Omer Akram 2010-01-16 16:44:38 UTC 
yes this would make things better.
Comment 4 Omer Akram 2010-05-02 08:20:23 UTC 
a few days ago I happened to try dolphin and it had a very great feel related to icons and thumbnails. the feel was very consistent in dolphin.
Comment 5 A. Walton 2010-06-27 07:09:08 UTC 
The default is a more reasonable 64x64 after discussion on IRC. Closing.
Comment 6 Sense Hofstede 2010-06-27 10:12:49 UTC 
Do you mean 64x64 will be the default for both thumbnails and icons, or just thumbnails? I would prefer the former myself.