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kox

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Registered: 2015-05-01

Posts: 149

Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

Hello. I think I'm not the only one annoyed by "improvements" of Gnome 3.18. I'd like to know if there's an option to fix these:

1. When you open a folder from Desktop and there's a nautilus window opened, then it will be opened in already opened window instead of creating a new window. Even if the window is in another viewport! This is by far the biggest flaw for me, I work a lot with files and it makes my work so much more unproductive.

2. Rename dialog. When you create a new folder you get a dialog and there's no default  folder name. I got used to "untitled folder". It was the best, fastest way to create a temp folder. Why do you even need the dialog, I thought that  Gnome was supposed to be minimalist.
Also when you create a new empty document, you don't even get to rename it.

3. Making icons larger in nautilus window, makes the desktop icons larger too. I'm not sure if this one is another improvement or a bug that will be fixed in the future.

4. No file copy dialog.

Does anyone know how to fix these issues? Especially the first one.

fabioamd87

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Registered: 2008-11-22

Posts: 128

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

the "No file copy dialog" now i integrated in the window, you will see a little box with a circle inside it.

see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QwRYXhSrk

phw

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Registered: 2013-05-27

Posts: 318

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

You should probably report your issues with the Nautilus UI to the Nautilus developers

kox

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Registered: 2015-05-01

Posts: 149

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

@fabioamd87
I'm aware of it, I just find the dialog far superior. The old way you would instantly see the progress, see if copy was finished , now you have to click on it. But really the first issue is the worst, I really hope someone knows a solution for this.
Btw. Did you notice what they did to system monitor? Processes tab is half empty.

Muflone

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 151

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Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

Hi kox

Did you updated to the GNOME 3.18.1 which fixes a lot of issues?
While I have read someone with your issues with nautilus, I cannot reproduce it in 3.18.1.
The GNOME system monitor half empty dialog was fixed as well.

The other issues should be called complains, not defects, this is how GNOME works actually.

kox

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Registered: 2015-05-01

Posts: 149

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

Oh yes, it was fixed. I somehow didn't notice. But there must be some way to fix 1. It makes the desktop far less usable. It's been always this way and suddenly gnome devs thought that it would be a good idea to make the file manager as inconvinient as it possibly could be. It would be at least wise of them to include an option to set the normal behavior.

fabioamd87

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Registered: 2008-11-22

Posts: 128

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

they like to change the behaviour in every release.

jm2

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Registered: 2013-06-13

Posts: 7

Re: Nautilus 3.18 strange bahavior

What I find infuriating about the "new" behavior, aside from being a repeat of forced change from the early/mid 2000's, is that they made it even worse than the single window behavior from back then. If you open a separate window so you can bring two folders up side-by-side, opening a folder in the first window will sometimes decide to open it in the second window.

Last edited by jm2 (2015-10-26 01:39:26)