Tohir Solomons

Starting to like the toolbar in Ubuntu 10.4 file manager

Posted on the May 4th, 2010 under Linux,Software and Technology by Tohir

The one thing that horrified me in the latest version of Ubuntu was the ‘new’ toolbar for Nautilus or the file manager.

However, after reading Deconstructing Nautilus and rebuilding it better, I have to admit, I enjoy it. Why?

Even though I tend to browser elsewhere by typing in the path, the UP button is probably the most used button by myself. Switching to the location bar provides no alternative, but keeping the button bar allows one a form of up button.

Secondly, CTRL+L is probably something I can live with.

Given the whole debate around this, the lesson I believe is that don’t ignore your existing users. If you are going to change something, inform your users!

Given the opensource community spirit, it wont be long before someone does a quick script to bring back the old toolbar. If you are looking to do that today, have a look at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreNautilusLocationBar