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[Levan <levanchelidze@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/19/2014 03:57, Sam Hulick wrote:
> From a design standpoint, I have to disagree with multi-color tabs. 
> For Ubuntu it would be a step backwards, IMO, in trying to achieve a 
> cleaner, more modern look, which I know is one of their goals lately.
>
> My suggestion would be to thicken the borders and/or shadows between 
> tabs to make them more distinct. Or possibly dim all but the selected 
> tab. In your first screenshot, it's visually difficult to tell at a 
> glance what my current tab is. There needs to be some way to call out 
> that tab.
>
> -Sam
>
> On 2/18/14 3:52 PM, Levan Chelidze wrote:
> >  I think this will improve the usability of nautlus.
> >
> >  I believe that *window browsing* is no good in ubuntu and only 
> > logical way to get around in ubuntu is *tab browsing*.
> >  However It is a problem (_at least for me_) When _I have a lot of 
> > tabs opened in file manager_ , it is rather hard to navigate in them.
> >
> > http://i.imgur.com/qlmpBfx.png
> >
> > /To put perspective on this mostly I have more tabs opened in my file 
> > browser./
> >
> >  However If file manager will apply *random colors* to the *tabs* it 
> > will be faster and more convenient to navigate in.
> >
> > Something like this
> >
> > http://i.imgur.com/SePRwUN.png
> >
> >  Some offices have colorful lines on their floors to make navigating 
> > in offices more convenient why not integrate something similar in 
> > ubuntu or gnome either way works or at least have a option to enable 
> > this option or not.
> >
> >  Sorry if I have not send this email to a right mailing list (this is 
> > mailing list is not it??)
> >
> > anyway thank you for your time
 I agree with you from design point of view or generally i believe if 
you are not into tacky things you will not like this, however I noticed 
that productivity goes sky high, this is why I think there should be a 
toggle on and off switch, to enable or disable it
http://i.imgur.com/ItxomHR.png
 I got this idea from watching linux action show they had a Firefox 
addon that just did this had random colours for tabs (So i tried it and 
it was a breath of fresh air) my productivity improved.



 You can make nautilus look something like this

http://i.imgur.com/VLO3aBg.png

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