Re: [Ayatana] [Less is More] Nautilus Context menu

["Scott E. Armitage" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think a better solution would be for the "Search" button in the upper menu to default to searching within your current location. Isn't that already the default behaviour? I see no value in adding a Search option to the context menu -- the context menu should be offering quick access to file information and manipulation tools; if you are having to search for something, you've already given up hope on the "quick" aspect, no?

-Scott

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Yann Lossouarn <yann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi again,

IMHO, there lacks something in Nautilus contextual menu : a "Search"
option. I know it's available in the upper menu, but hey, when you are
in the limbos of a huge server disk filled with plenty of directories
and files, looking for a file located "somewhere out there", it's great
to be able to perform a search without having to browse all the
filesystem again in order to reduce the scope of the search.

Bye,
Yann



Jorge O. Castro a écrit :

> Mark blogged[1] that we should communicate things that we feel need to
> be trimmed back so I thought I would bring up the topic of the
> Nautilus context-menu (aka. right click on the desktop/file). Over the
> years I feel like this menu has been growing unchecked and now I feel
> overwhelmed when I use it. Right now when I click on a file I get:
>
> Open
> Open With...
> Cut
> Copy
> Make Link
> Rename
> Copy to > (and then my home and Desktop)
> Move to > (and then my home and Desktop again)
> Move to Trash
> Stretch Icon (does anyone really use this?)
> Restore Icon (grayed out unless you've resized the icon)
> Send to...
> Compress
> Revert to Previous Version (I suspect this one is there because I have
> deja-dup installed)
> Properties
>
> Right clicking on a folder has similar options, with the addition of
> "Sharing Options" and now "Synchronize to Ubuntu One". When using
> other software I get even more options added in here (crypto options,
> dropbox, etc.). Some of the UI in these options is pretty weird. For
> example in "Send to..." I can send a file to a bluetooth device (OBEX)
> so the UI makes sense there but I can also send to "Removable disks
> and shares" and then select "Blank CD ROM", which is and odd way to
> write something to a CD. Likewise the "Sharing Options" and Ubuntu One
> options should likely be integrated together into something nicer.
>
> I was hoping to get this on someone's radar so that we might go
> through these and clean them up.
>
> [1] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/330
>
> Thanks for listening!
>
> --
> jorge
>
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