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["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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Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate
Space Flight Laboratory
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6