Feature request: browsing filesystem in gnome "computer" menu

[poptones]

"Shift-double-click... alt-click... apple-click.. windows-click"



If it takes two hands just to open a silly folder, someone needs to
rethink the term "usability."



Software that "forces" the user is not user-friendly - it's the
opposite. It's coercion, and not the compiler kind; It's
anti-libertarian. It might be simple, but so is a cardboard box.
Although some of us tragically may live in them as adults, most of us
gave up playing in cardboard boxes years ago - and I doubt any of us
-want- to occupy one.



Again: I'm not a "windows user." Yeah, I used windows a long time. But
I also used SGIs and even Amigas. And the very first non-toy home
system I ever used was an Altos 8086 running a unix variant, so don't
try to pretend this is just a fanboy argument. Why do people try to
reduce usability discussions to matters of religion? Do you have no
idea how offensive that is?



Here's a novel idea: make it configurable. It doesn't have to be a
bunch of right click menus or an obvious feature stuck on the launch
menu. But give the users gnome config settings so we can make "silly"
choices like having "spatial" mode WITH a toolbar, or having
middle-click functionality. Let us decide what buttons go where, how
the mouse behaves to clicks... and let each user decide what works best
for themselves. Imagine - a choice without having to choose "none of the
above!" Jefferson would be so proud.


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poptones