Comment Two pane window ( mc, nc , and others) rules (Score 2, Insightful) 925
Forget about analogies with the real world objects. Computer files are nothing but real life objects. They have different types, they are very easy to move around, and there are way too many of them.
File manager must provide convinience, and not an analogy.
Try copying bunch of files from one dir to another using keyboard in good old mc (Midnight Commander - grandfather of gnome file managers ), and then try doing same using mouse in spatial Nautilus. Whats faster and easier?
Using lots of different OSes over my 15 years of career in IT, I've seen it all, and I can attest that nothing beats simplicity and convinience of two pane file managers, originally introduced by Norton Commander. Proper GUI version of it is whats needed, not spatial-shmatial garbage.
Note that simple-minded users who may require this spatial mode are extremely unlikely to use any file manager at all. All they are going to do is open the word processor and save files in single directory. They almost never do any File management. It s a pity, that gnome developers can't see such a simple thing.
File manager must provide convinience, and not an analogy.
Try copying bunch of files from one dir to another using keyboard in good old mc (Midnight Commander - grandfather of gnome file managers ), and then try doing same using mouse in spatial Nautilus. Whats faster and easier?
Using lots of different OSes over my 15 years of career in IT, I've seen it all, and I can attest that nothing beats simplicity and convinience of two pane file managers, originally introduced by Norton Commander. Proper GUI version of it is whats needed, not spatial-shmatial garbage.
Note that simple-minded users who may require this spatial mode are extremely unlikely to use any file manager at all. All they are going to do is open the word processor and save files in single directory. They almost never do any File management. It s a pity, that gnome developers can't see such a simple thing.
