GNOME file manager gets tabbed file browsing

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GNOME file manager gets tabbed file browsing
Topic Started: May 28 2008, 08:49 AM (63 Views)
Dark Knight	May 28 2008, 08:49 AM Post #1
Admin Posts: 4,395 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 24, 2007	http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/...d-file-browsing GNOME file manager gets tabbed file browsing By Ryan Paul \| Published: May 27, 2008 - 02:18PM CT Although Nautilus—the GNOME file manager—includes many useful features and offers an excellent implementation of the spatial paradigm, its browser mode is less impressive and is missing some must-have functionality. The Nautilus developers are about to deliver a big improvement, however, with the addition of full support for tabbed browsing. A tabbed user interface is among the most frequently requested features for Nautilus. The original request in the GNOME bug tracker was opened in 2001 and has 10 duplicates. Despite significant demand, the developers long resisted implementing the feature because it required significant changes to the file manager's underlying architecture. Some GNOME users have switched to the lightweight PCMan file manager just for the tab support. Christian Neumair finally started working on adding tabs earlier this year. The feature is now almost completely implemented and needs only a little bit more polish and testing before it is ready for widespread use. The work is being done in the multiview branch of the Nautilus subversion repository. I built it from source code so that I could give it a try and see it for myself. It works very well and is fairly consistent with the behavior of other tabbed GNOME applications like the terminal. The only pieces still missing are support for moving tabs between windows and using the alt+number combination to switch between tabs. Neumair is looking for some help with the finishing touches. You can grab the source code from the multiview branch and build it yourself. Note that the multiview branch still depends on the now defunct libbackground, so you will need to grab the source for the libbackground version that was tagged for GNOME 2.20. This feature will likely be ready to roll for GNOME 2.24, which is scheduled for release in September. Another long-awaited Nautilus feature that is planned for GNOME 2.24 is the compact column view. A lot of other work has been done to iron out the remaining GVFS regressions.
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