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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

I never thought that this might be considered a bug, I just thought since
this has been the case for Ubuntu (I haven't tried other distributions
running Gnome except for Ubuntu derivatives) for as long as I can remember
it was a design flaw, and not really a "bug".

2011/5/6 Ingo Gerth <ingo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Before posting to this list, please first reconsider whether what you want
> to report might not be a bug. This one certainly is, and I reported it a
> while ago:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/713224
> Head over to launchpad and mark yourself as affected!
>
> Remember this list is about *design *and not bugs.
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist <
> niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yeah I think they do too, but I wasn't sure if the Unity shell implemented
>> it's own version of the desktop or something like that. I said "Since Gnome
>> 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably not disappear in
>> the near future it should be fixed for that as well" more as another reason
>> to see to that it gets done.
>>
>> 2011/5/5 Alexander Lancey <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Unity and Gnome 2 (in Ubuntu) use the
>>> same version of Nautilus.
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist <
>>> niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just can't help but get annoyed over that if you place something on
>>>> the desktop it never looks organized. There is always some small
>>>> irregularity when you try to put folders, devices or shortcuts in a
>>>> relatively grid-like pattern. The "keep aligned" option doesn't even keep
>>>> the items aligned. You can still easily put icons and folders on top of each
>>>> other. Maybe you aren't supposed to be able to keep icons on the desktop in
>>>> Unity because of the move to a more app-centric interface but as it is now
>>>> you still can and therefore I expect the "keep aligned" option to keep the
>>>> items aligned.
>>>>
>>>> Since Gnome 2.x is an alternative desktop session that will probably not
>>>> disappear in the near future it should be fixed for that as well, it's
>>>> actually even more important since there you expect to use the desktop area
>>>> for launchers to quick start applications and connected devices.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else reacting on this?
>>>>
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