Thunar: trash:/// != ~/.Trash?

[Mathias Brodala]

Hello Nick.

Nick Schermer wrote:
> 2006/9/27, Mathias Brodala <info at noctus.net>:
>> Mike Massonnet schrieb:
>>> Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:14:39 +0200 - Mathias Brodala <info at noctus.net>
>>> wrote :
>>>> Stefan Stuhr wrote:
>>>>> >From the FreeDesktop.org Trash specification [1]:
>>>> Heh, I already expected something like this. I guess I have to try if
>>>> symlinking ~/.Trash to ~/.local/share/Trash/files works.
>>>>
>>>   Read the spec again.  It won't work because the trash spec expect a
>>> folder to store the files and information about the trashed files.
>> I know. But Nautilus doesn't need those information. It just plain moves the
>> files to ~/.Trash and forgets about them. Heck, it even cannot restore them.
>>
>>>> If Thunar would offer the features I'm missing from Nautilus and
>>>> remain fast as it is, then I would make it my default file browser.
>>>>
>>>   What features?
>> 1) Customizable icons for directories. I always set the cover of music albums
>>    for their directory, for example.
> 
> So they look like images?? (aaaarg thunar opens an image, onooo it's a folder)

*I* know what’s a directory and what’s a file. (And I can see it on the
extension anyway.)

>> 2) Bigger thumbnails for images. Thunar keeps images at the maximum dimensions
>>    of the current icon size. Nautilus shows them a lot larger so that you can
>>    actually see something.
> 
> Thunar != Image viewer

But Image viewers are mostyl useles for me. I either want to quickly have a look
at the contents of a directory or view images in full view. If the thumbnails
are that small as they are in Thunar, then I won’t be able to accomplish the former.

>> 3) Automatic generation of thumbnails for videos. Thunar only shows thumbnails
>>    which were generated while visiting the directory they are in with Nautilus.
> 
> Compile with gconf-2.0 (gnome-thumbnailer)

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try that.

>> 4) Actually allow .torrent files to be dropped over Azureus so that it will get
>>    added to the list. At the moment the dialog to add files only pops out for a
>>    short moment and disappears again. The file won't get added.
>>
> 
> Thunar can't do anything about this, it just passes the uri of the
> file. More likely Azureus can't handle the standard.

I’ll have more intensively look at that when I get the time for that.

>> 5) A less clunky interface. Nothing against the GNOME HIG, but a border size of
>>    6px is way too fat for me.
>>
> No comment, but small borders are not user-inferface-friendly.

But they please the eye and I like to have a good mix of usability and beauty.


Regards, Mathias

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