Comments on: Sidebar Categories in Nautilus http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/ Weblog by Tiago Boldt Sousa Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Max http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/comment-page-1/#comment-4854 Max Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:44:15 +0000 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=236#comment-4854 Chris, you're lesser indentation is indeed an improvement ... but the gray highlights aren't: Rhythmbox tried the very same thing, and it had to be hard-coded, which led to problems with dark themes. The blank space approach, i.e., just an arrow to the right, would be more sensible, it's a nice improvement. Chris, you’re lesser indentation is indeed an improvement … but the gray highlights aren’t: Rhythmbox tried the very same thing, and it had to be hard-coded, which led to problems with dark themes. The blank space approach, i.e., just an arrow to the right, would be more sensible, it’s a nice improvement.

]]> By: tiagoboldt http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/comment-page-1/#comment-4851 tiagoboldt Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:19:07 +0000 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=236#comment-4851 Hi Chris, please add your suggestion to the bug report. Just register yourself there and add a comment with your image. It looks nicer indeed ;D Hi Chris, please add your suggestion to the bug report. Just register yourself there and add a comment with your image. It looks nicer indeed ;D

]]> By: Chris Jones http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 Chris Jones Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:15:40 +0000 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=236#comment-4850 (I didn't spend enough time in gimp to put the extra two characters back into the "Better" column, but you can clearly see that there's enough space) (I didn’t spend enough time in gimp to put the extra two characters back into the “Better” column, but you can clearly see that there’s enough space)

]]> By: Chris Jones http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/comment-page-1/#comment-4849 Chris Jones Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:15:03 +0000 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=236#comment-4849 I absolutely, 100% support splitting the list into logical groups. It's an excellent idea. However, why does it have to be done with indenting? The sidebar will always be horribly space constrained and by indenting you can see you've lost 2 characters from the longer items. That's quite a lot when you could only see about 10 or 11 characters in the first place. I quickly whipped something up in GIMP which I think makes much more sense in this kind of context. The rationale is that the places sidebar is very unlikely to ever require indenting to a second level (since you can't drill down through folders in it), so the logical separation can be indicated simply with the section headings: http://mairukipa.tenshu.net/before-after-better.png I absolutely, 100% support splitting the list into logical groups. It’s an excellent idea.

However, why does it have to be done with indenting? The sidebar will always be horribly space constrained and by indenting you can see you’ve lost 2 characters from the longer items. That’s quite a lot when you could only see about 10 or 11 characters in the first place.

I quickly whipped something up in GIMP which I think makes much more sense in this kind of context. The rationale is that the places sidebar is very unlikely to ever require indenting to a second level (since you can’t drill down through folders in it), so the logical separation can be indicated simply with the section headings:

http://mairukipa.tenshu.net/before-after-better.png

]]> By: Categorías "a lo Finder" en la barra lateral de Nautilus « Tecnologia, Actualidad,y mucho mas…. http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/sidebar-categories-in-nautilus/comment-page-1/#comment-4841 Categorías "a lo Finder" en la barra lateral de Nautilus « Tecnologia, Actualidad,y mucho mas…. Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:40:40 +0000 http://tiagoboldt.net/blog/?p=236#comment-4841 [...] | Tiago Boldt Sousa Enlace | Bugzilla Gnome: sidebar should categorize [...] [...] | Tiago Boldt Sousa Enlace | Bugzilla Gnome: sidebar should categorize [...]

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