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Bug 696311 - [RFE] Allow user to add bookmark from Bookmarks dialog
[RFE] Allow user to add bookmark from Bookmarks dialog
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Bookmarks
3.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-21 17:26 UTC by Jakub Dorňák
Modified: 2013-04-08 22:10 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jakub Dorňák 2013-03-21 17:26:50 UTC
Please add an "Add" button next to the "Remove" button.
(It is unbelievable, that somebody can create one of them and forget the other.)
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-03-21 17:35:30 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Please add an "Add" button next to the "Remove" button.

I am not sure we need one. What would that button do?

You want to bookmark the location that's visible; that's how it works on the web and how it has always worked in Nautilus too (the previous version of the same dialog in 3.4 also only had a Remove button at the bottom).

> (It is unbelievable, that somebody can create one of them and forget the
> other.)

I don't understand this part. What is unbelievable? What do create and forget refer to in this context?
Comment 2 Jakub Dorňák 2013-03-22 07:31:22 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > Please add an "Add" button next to the "Remove" button.
> 
> I am not sure we need one. What would that button do?
> 
> You want to bookmark the location that's visible; that's how it works on the
> web and how it has always worked in Nautilus too (the previous version of the
> same dialog in 3.4 also only had a Remove button at the bottom).

Of course, we do not need one. We even do not need Nautilus at all. Who do You do Your work for?
If You are talking about web, Firefox, Chrome and even my poor phone's browser allow me to add bookmark from bookmark manager.

> 
> > (It is unbelievable, that somebody can create one of them and forget the
> > other.)
> 
> I don't understand this part. What is unbelievable? What do create and forget
> refer to in this context?

Yes You are right. Nobody has created one button forgetting the other one.
First, the developer created both of them and later the destroyer (in the name of holy simplicity) removed the one he had not found useful.
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-03-22 15:10:37 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)

> Of course, we do not need one. We even do not need Nautilus at all. Who do You
> do Your work for?

Excuse me? Not for you?

> If You are talking about web, Firefox, Chrome and even my poor phone's browser
> allow me to add bookmark from bookmark manager.

Why would you bookmark a page before seeing it? Note that I think in the web case it makes slightly more sense as you might be offline and still want to add a bookmark (e.g. someone gives you a web link you don't want to forget). That doesn't apply in the file manager.

Also, what would the button do in this case? The only possible behavior that would make sense is to trigger a file chooser and select a location.
How is that different or harder than opening a Nautilus window and bookmark the location from there?

> Yes You are right. Nobody has created one button forgetting the other one.
> First, the developer created both of them and later the destroyer (in the name
> of holy simplicity) removed the one he had not found useful.

In this apocalyptic scenario you seem to be missing that button has never been there in the first place as I already explained.
Comment 4 Jakub Dorňák 2013-03-22 21:04:09 UTC
1. Since bookmarks are not limited to local directories, it do make sense to add bookmark of an ftp or other network location before I open it. §;o)

2. The bookmark manager does not trigger the file chooser for editing, why should it be necessary to trigger it for creation? It could just create empty bookmark and let the user edit its properties.

But leave it. It would not match the overall philosophy of Gnome...
Comment 5 Cosimo Cecchi 2013-04-08 22:10:26 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> 1. Since bookmarks are not limited to local directories, it do make sense to
> add bookmark of an ftp or other network location before I open it. §;o)

You would have to mount the share before, so at the end of the day it'd be a lot simpler to just navigate to that location.

> 2. The bookmark manager does not trigger the file chooser for editing, why
> should it be necessary to trigger it for creation? It could just create empty
> bookmark and let the user edit its properties.

Blindly editing a path in an entry box is not ideal. Note that I don't think the UI we currently have for editing is the best either.

> But leave it. It would not match the overall philosophy of Gnome...

Okay; I'm going to close this as WONTFIX then. Thanks for understanding.