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

I say we close this thread since it's a bug and not a design issue.

2011/5/6 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
>
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> 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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