We can make fedora easier

[Rui Tiago Cação Matos]

2009/11/17 William Jon McCann <william.jon.mccann at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Tareq Al Jurf
> <taljurf at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> Hi all
>> I think that we should change somethings in fedora that would make it
>> easier.
>> Things that whenever a new person starts fedora for the first time would
>> change them.
>> For example whenever i start fedora for the first time i change the behavior
>> of the folders and make them open in browser
>> can we make that default? Because i think most people do that.
>
> Yes, I agree.

I prefer spatial, but there's one thing I miss from browser mode: the
places sidebar. It's just very handy to be able to open and drag
things into your devices/bookmarks.

But changing completely to full browser mode without rethinking that
interface is not a good move IMHO. Browser windows feel too clunky
with all those buttons in *two* toolbars. There were some mockups on
planet Gnome that looked nice and maybe it could be interesting to
play with them, basically simplifying the interface.

For instance, the places sidebar is (to me) clearly desirable to have
there all the time in spatial mode. But the dropdown to choose the
other sidebars could be eliminated. Maybe the tree sidebar could be
the default for browser mode[1]? All the others are better provided
either in a dynamically created right sidebar or elsewhere (notes and
emblems are already in each item's preferences).

And of course, all this should be judged with the way gnome-shell
works and how it provides (or doesn't) easy access to the relevant
places in the filesystem.

Rui

[1] And still, users which crave for the Windows Explorer tree view
will feel disappointed I think...