Suggestion Next Release

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 04:48:41 UTC 2008


Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Andrew Farris <lordmorgul <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> 1) it forces you to open two windows and navigate to them both to do the VAST 
>> majority of file operations; it is much more common to need access to drag a 
>> file between folders than it is to move it within the same folder.
> 
> That's an argument for a 2-pane file manager (e.g. Krusader), not a spatial 
> one. I don't understand why the 2-pane interface isn't more common.
> 
> http://www.krusader.org/screenshots.php
> 

No, it's an argument for a general purpose window manager that lets you 
open as many windows containing as many instances of the same or 
different programs as you want.  But we've had that for ages.  Why do so 
many applications pretend they have to manage their own multiple windows 
in quirky and different ways too?

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com





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