New file manager (WAS Re: xffm)

[Peeter Vois]

Hi,

I feel that it is right time to present some of my thoughts about xffm 
possible future look and feel. I have been thinking that the following 
might make xffm more usable. What negative parts I have been trying to 
resolve:

1. it is not so easy to drag and drop file from one folder to another 
because the windows have to be aligned on screen before drag and drop 
can be made. With aligned views this trouble sould be reduced.

2. If there is lots of files and lots of folders then seeing files on 
current xffm treeview will take lots of scrolling. With separate views 
for files and folders this trouble should be reduced.

I added gade-2 project and screenshot of the look.

Best Regards
Peeter

Olivier Fourdan wrote:

>Hi Edscott, everybody,
>
>On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 08:31 -0600, edscott wilson garcia wrote:
>  
>
>>So I'd say, "use rox and wait until 4.3.1 to give the xffm iconview a
>>try".
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, I tend to disagree. I don't think xffm should become any more
>complex. I mean, it's already far too complex.
>
>What I'd love to see is a very basic simple icon view based file
>manager, to tree view, no plugins, no samba, no nothing but simple file
>management.
>
>Ideally, I think it should be started from scratch, and designed from
>the ground up with both user interface and code maintainability in mind.
>
>Create the necessary GTK widgets (only if needed), keep the code simple
>and clear, etc.
>
>I would also love to see others developers take part of it - I would
>myself like to help if possible.
>
>And if you want my point, this should be the only strong goal of Xfce
>4.4. That's why I'd like to see as many devs involved as possible. Let's
>put all of our (little) energy in this.
>
>Cheers,
>Olivier.
>
>
>
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