[Thunar-dev] Spatial or not-spatial?

[Biju Chacko]

Auke Kok wrote:
> Jens Luedicke wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:12:42 +0100, Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at xfce.org> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> I agree. Like I said during the discussion, it is exactly how I use Rox
>>> currently. Alexander's comment was that it a navigational interface
>>> needs a way to tell the user where they are. So, a location bar (not
>>> nice), a tree (doesn't really fit the design) or perhaps something like
>>> the path buttons in the gtk file chooser.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> I started to like those path buttons in the GtkFileChooser and I think 
>> they might be a good replacement for a location bar. Thunar won't 
>> include a browser so http:// or ftp:// urls don't need to be entered.
>>
>> just another 0.02 EUR
>>
> 
> I think that's a very undervalued tip. This would mean very instant 
> access around the filesystem. Long pathnames might need some 
> uncluttering tho, but the idea sounds *very* good.

A small refinement (or perhaps a very bad idea): right-click on those 
buttons should popup a menu of the directory tree below that directory.

Of course, thats duplicating the functionality of the filesystem tree in 
the sidebar so maybe it's unnecessary?

-- b