Extra Pane in Nautilus

[Frank Cheung]

Nemo (Nautilus fork by Linux Mint team) looks like a potential (interim) 
solution...  More info here: 
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html

Cheers, Frank.

On 29/03/13 22:35, Greg Williams wrote:
> man that's disappointing. We so need a new File Manager. Nautilus is 
> rapidly going down hill. I wish it could get forked to a version that 
> keeps all the good stuff like "Extra Pane"
>
> > From: clanlaw at googlemail.com
> > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:22:06 +0000
> > Subject: Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus
> > To: mttbrnsmls at outlook.com
> > CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> > On 29 March 2013 22:12, Greg Williams <mttbrnsmls at outlook.com> wrote:
> > > Why won't the Ubuntu-Developers switch to the Marlin File-Browser? 
> Why are
> > > they continuing to use Nautilus with such a weakening feature base?
> >
> > I understand that the problem is that Nautilus also handles the
> > desktop and other stuff. It is not just the file manager. There is
> > nothing to stop you installing Marlin of course. When I tried it,
> > however, it seemed rather deficient in some areas. I submitted some
> > bugs but there has been little response. There does not seem to be a
> > lot of activity on the source.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> > >
> > > I have no use for Nautilus if it doesn't support the Extra Pane. 
> This is one
> > > of the most used features of Nautilus by my friends and me. It's 
> one of the
> > > "linux things" that pulled me away from using Windows and Windows 
> Explorer.
> > > I like Gnome 3x but some of the decision those developers make are 
> really
> > > poorly thought out.
> > >
> > > So why not switch to Marlin or something else that supports Extra Pane
> > > feature? Anybody know why this switch hasn't already been set in 
> stone?
> > >
> > >> From: clanlaw at googlemail.com
> > >> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:55:08 +0000
> > >> Subject: Re: Extra Pane in Nautilus
> > >> To: mttbrnsmls at outlook.com
> > >> CC: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> > >>
> > >> On 29 March 2013 19:42, Greg Williams <mttbrnsmls at outlook.com> wrote:
> > >> > Has there been any discussion about improving the 
> user-interaction with
> > >> > the
> > >> > "Extra Pane" feature in Nautilus?
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm using 12.04 and make use of the Extra Pane feature a lot. A 
> problem
> > >> > with
> > >> > it though is that there is not clear communication/indication about
> > >> > which
> > >> > pane is active (ie. which pane the user's keyboard input is 
> going to
> > >> > affect). I think some improvements need to be made to this 
> element of
> > >> > the
> > >> > design of it. Is this on any of the developers' radar for 
> improvement?
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately the Gnome developers have decided to completely remove
> > >> the Extra Pane feature from Nautilus, along with other useful stuff.
> > >> Enjoy it while you can in 12.04 as if/when you upgrade to 13.04 or
> > >> above you will lose it completely :(
> > >> Note that this is not something that the Ubuntu developers have any
> > >> control over, as far as I am aware.
> > >>
> > >> Colin
>
>

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