FileContextMenu

Revision 8 as of 2010-05-30 07:25:58

Clear message

The current Nautilus file context menu contains 11 or more items. The average time it takes to select an item increases with their number. The many options suggest a scarily high level of complexity in managing files.

Here you find proposals on how to:

  • improve the organization of the menu
  • cut down on the number of items (including how to handle the action that are no longer in the menu, then)
  • improve the handling of specific items

Original Context Menu

oldMenu.jpg

Proposal #1

Mouse over dots for submenu

  • Open > Shows apps to open with/ other

  • Move > to Home, Desktop, Trash

  • Copy > Link, to Home, Desktop

Appear when needed:

  • Paste

  • Extract ... > here, to [file name folder]

ContextMenu.jpg

-dave

I think that it should use arrows to be consistent with other menus

ContextMenuArrows.jpg

dave-

Current context menu, annotated screenshot

- Alex Lourie

I think this: 1. Synchronize to U1 should be there. It is quite obvious and useful "option" for a folder or a file. 2. *In a cleaning spree mode* How important "stretch icon" and "restore icon size" are? I think it's obsolete in this specific menu.

Alex Lourie -