[747] in Athena User Interface
Nautilus top requests list, per Eazel
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew m. boardman)
Tue Apr 3 15:18:41 2001
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:18:35 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200104031918.PAA66281@karst.mit.edu>
From: "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>
To: aui@mit.edu
In a recent interview, Bart Decrem listed the below as Eazel's top user
issues with Nautilus. (A lot of it will look familiar to anyone who was
around for usability testing...)
1.Speed! (includes .jpg thumbnailing performance)
2.Ability to more easily move files around (using either cut/copy/paste
or shelf idea)
3.View content of .tar, .rpm packages
4.Ability to delete files directly without going through the Trash folder
5.Integrated shell features
6.Better browser functionality (inc. Download functionality, Mozilla
related problems etc.)
7.A no-frills, lean and mean file manager (no Mozilla, no services)
8.Better MIME type support
9.Clean quit
10.Elegant way to drop app launcher icons on the desktop
11.Better keyboard navigation
12.Bootstrap installer better recovery after failures
13.Sort directories before individual files are listed
14.Text on desktop more readable
15.Stability
16.More previews (HTML, pdf)
17.Automount floppies
18.SMB support
19.Root password popup box
20.TLC to Tree View and List View (easy Rename in List View, for example)
21.Virtual folders not just as bookmarks
The whole interview (with Bart, Darin Alder, and Maciej) is at
<http://www.linuxpower.org/display.php?id=209>.
