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

Sorry for double posting but I forgot to add that this isn't just affecting
newly created icons, I can arrange the existing ones into complete disorder
even when having "keep aligned" checked. http://i.imgur.com/Wy9jv.png

2011/5/6 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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