[Thunar-dev] hello to Thunar-dev!

[jamec at umich.edu]

Quoting Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de>:

> James Cho wrote:
> > Greetings,
>
> Hello James,
>
> > I'm a longtime Windows user (who isn't?) but have used Linux for a
> > couple of years.  I also use OS X fairly frequently, but not for any
> > serious work.  I've used xfce for a few months now, and have many qualms
> > with how xffm is designed.  In short, what I consider to be the ideal
> > file manager design would be OS X's Finder plus an address box next to
> > the buttons row.  It's simple and allows for quick access to long
> > directory addresses, nothing more is needed I think.  Interestingly,
> > after years of Windows customization I eventually settled on  that
> > layout for folder windows in Explorer.  It works well and is very
> > compact, and it's what 90% of people need, nothing more.
>
> So you are suggesting a spatial view ala Nautilus?

As a simple "view" option, yes.  Some like spatial views, some don't.  Many have
very strong opinions for and against it, many don't.  How does making spatial
view optional not satisfy everyone?  Why can everything else be optional, but a
spatial view not?