Sounder 7 usability notes

[Jenny Blower]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 13:29:57 +0100, Scott James Remnant
<scott at netsplit.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 11:25 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
> > We should optimise for the common case. 90% of the time when I'm
> > double-clicking on a folder inside nautilus, I want to open that window
> > and close the current one.
> >
> The really interesting thing about Spatial mode is how it does optimise
> for the common case for ordinary users, but power users such as
> ourselves react (initially) violently to it because it doesn't optimise
> for us.
>
> Go take a look at a non-techy user ($JANE); I learned a lot from looking
> at how Jenny and my Mother use their computers.
>
> Ordinary users have lots of folders, usually on their desktop or just in
> their home directory in which they have lots of files.
>
> They don't create complex trees of nested folders and generally *do*
> want the parent folder still open after opening a new one.

just to possibly confuse the issue a little more..

i DO tend to have lots of 1-2 layer folders (desktop or home
directory), but i DON'T tend to want the old window open when i open a
new folder.. (can't get used to using the middle button to open a
folder! though that may just me still getting used to not using
windows!)

hence i tend to use the 'browse file system'/file manager on the panel

not sure if that helps, or adds problems.. :-D

Jenny

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