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Bug 702137 - Toooooo much wasted space in icon view mode
Toooooo much wasted space in icon view mode
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 552093
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: Icon View
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-06-12 23:35 UTC by Gerd B
Modified: 2013-06-13 10:45 UTC
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Description Gerd B 2013-06-12 23:35:40 UTC 
hi 

i thank you guys for a graphical GNOME based filemanager,

but isn't Linux meant to be usable and productive ?

I really dont need a filemanager that has 100px space wasted between two 64px thumbnail pictures.

That is sooooooo not efficient monitor-space management and completly negates the productive usecase.

The problem is really that you calc too few images per row and too thick margin/padding/whatever values, there is soo much wasted space. i can see dead space )

also there is no toggle button for preview-mode ( switch from symbol to thumbnail preview-mode )

thx in advance
Comment 1 António Fernandes 2013-06-13 10:45:18 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report.

Yes, nautilus icon view doesn't make a good use of space, and it gets worse when we zoom in. Developers want to replace it with something better, but there are some performance concerns blocking it. More details on bug 552093.

Please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

> also there is no toggle button for preview-mode ( switch from symbol to
> thumbnail preview-mode )

There is no quick toggle, but you can enable/disable thumbnails from the Preferences.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 552093 ***