Many people dislike the new Nautilus view where the full text path is not shown, but instead Icons of each folder. To restore Hoary like location "address" bar
Here is the Simple Fix
If you want it to only last for the current session hit CTRL+L
When you are done with it and want the "new" view back , click in the location bar and simply push "esc"
To make it permanemt:
Open Applications->System Tools -> Configuration Editor
find the entry
"/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry"
and click the checkbox on
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