[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7837: [Tracker Preferences] Make "Single window navigation" default
- From: "polari" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:13:22 -0000
#7837: [Tracker Preferences] Make "Single window navigation" default
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Reporter: deejam | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/alpha3
Resolution: invalid | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by polari):
Replying to [comment:1 pulkomandy]:
> http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/spatial-nautilus.html
>
> * Spatial navigation is easier for beginner computer users
> * Other more experimented users may or may not prefer single window
mode, but they will know where to find the setting
> * So, the default is helpful for beginners, and easily changeable for
powerusers.
>
> So, we'll keep spatial mode as default. sorry !
That's all well and fine, but Windows, Mac OS X and the big Linux distros
(Ubuntu, Fedora etc.) all default to single window navigation. So we can
assume that users will expect Haiku to behave in the same fashion. On the
off chance that someone who has never used a computer before ends up using
Haiku, spatial navigation may be appropriate, but this seems like a rather
fringe use case to me.
I think the majority of users would prefer browser mode as the default,
along with a sidebar listing devices and then favourite folders (eg.
Documents, Downloads, Music, etc.) in the interests of efficiency. You
argue that these users will know how to enable browser mode, but the point
of defaults is that they should be aligned with the majority of users,
rather than catering to the lowest common denominator.
As for the link you posted, I use GNOME and generally like it, but its
designers are prone to fits of arrogance. The fact the widely debated
change to spatial navigation was subsequently shunned by almost everyone
downstream is demonstrative of that. Not to mention the latest release,
where they seem to have decided people don't turn off their computers
anymore and removed the ability to shut down.
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