Nautilus Just Got Gorgeous

[joey-elijah]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/

[chris200x9]

looks like a mac theme, nothing more. IMHO

[arnab_das]

looks really good that one mate.

but i think i'll wait for a youtube video/live demo. coz my ubuntu's really stable as of now. dont want to mess it up. :)
thanks for the link. great stuff!

[sudoer541]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/

hey joey!
are you the writer/owner of OMG!!!! ubuntu?
if you are the owner, could you make the the site less bloated, simple and easier to load?
btw I love your site because its OMG!!! AMAZING!!!

[Islington]

I don't get why striping features makes something gorgeous. eye of the beholder and all that but this is what I use, not in screenshot but equally useful: split view.

forgive the preview compression.

http://imgur.com/Yk4TLl.png (http://imgur.com/Yk4TL.png)

[Dharmachakra]

I don't know if I'll use this, but I really like the Elementary stuff. eGTK is just great.

[futz]

let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

Very pretty, but useless.

[k64]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/

Okay, now I'm reluctant to try "Elementary OS" because it looks so much like Mac OS X.

[Couto]

I don't get why striping features makes something gorgeous. eye of the beholder and all that but this is what I use, not in screenshot but equally useful: split view.

forgive the preview compression.

http://imgur.com/Yk4TLl.png (http://imgur.com/Yk4TL.png)

That's so sexy.

What distro, etc are you running?

[pirateghost]

That's so sexy.

What distro, etc are you running?


i was thinking the same thing...i have a laptop here that needs to look as hawt as that.

[altonbr]

hey joey!
are you the writer/owner of OMG!!!! ubuntu?
if you are the owner, could you make the the site less bloated, simple and easier to load?
btw I love your site because its OMG!!! AMAZING!!!

Ya, I love your site (you update it frequently with lots of interesting information, but what's with all the Wordpress plugins?

If you want a nice crisp and clean WP theme, I'd be happy to volunteer my time.

[spupy]

I don't get why striping features makes something gorgeous. eye of the beholder and all that but this is what I use, not in screenshot but equally useful: split view.

forgive the preview compression.

http://imgur.com/Yk4TLl.png (http://imgur.com/Yk4TL.png)

*drool*
Which KDE4 theme is this?

Also, where is the menubar on this nautilus?

[Dharmachakra]

Judging by the screenshots on DeviantArt, he's using the global-menu app on his panel.

[spupy]

Judging by the screenshots on DeviantArt, he's using the global-menu app on his panel.

No, he got the 3 standard menus up there. The nautilus menus are nowhere to be seen.

[Dharmachakra]

No, he got the 3 standard menus up there. The nautilus menus are nowhere to be seen.

If you're looking at the "My Desktop" photo, the menus aren't there. That's the whole point of the new Nautilus package. In all the others he's using global-menu.

[nerdy_kid]

*drool*
Which KDE4 theme is this?

Also, where is the menubar on this nautilus?

looks like bespin, but how is the kwin 'handle' on the side?

[koleoptero]

I definitely wouldn't make my nautilus look like that (if I used nautilus that is). It make look good, but it's not very usable. I liked my shortcuts on the left when I was using gnome.

And Islington is using KDE 4.4, (with xbar for the menus on top? correct me if I'm wrong) with the bespin icon, widget and kwin theme.

[lovinglinux]

Nautilus? What is that? :)

I forgot about Nautilus is since I switched to KDE and started to use dolphin, which is way much better.

[earthpigg]

Nautilus? What is that? :)

I forgot about Nautilus is since I switched to KDE and started to use dolphin, which is way much better.

pfft, pcmanfm ftw

[myusername]

are we really gonna turn this into a kde flamewar?
back on topic guys. i just iunstalled it. they still have the stop/reload and home and computer buttons which aren't needed. it's annoying.

[berndth]

they still have the stop/reload and home and computer buttons which aren't needed.

You might not need them, but other people do. The solution to these kinds of annoyances is a toolbar editor (which is being worked on, btw).

[Mornedhel]

Isn't that just spatial mode ? It's been around for longer than the file browser mode. According to the Gnome guys, that's how you were supposed to use it in the first place.

All you need to do is uncheck "Always open in file browser mode" in the Behavior tab of the Preferences dialog.

[Termpapers]

finally! been running a version i "patched" myself. Even though I couldn't quit size everything correctly (removing extra space,) it felt way better than the default. have to give it a shot tonight.
i also opted for larger sidebar icons, any idea what these look like in this build?

Term Papers (http://www.ghostpapers.com)

[gnomeuser]

Isn't that just spatial mode ? It's been around for longer than the file browser mode. According to the Gnome guys, that's how you were supposed to use it in the first place.

All you need to do is uncheck "Always open in file browser mode" in the Behavior tab of the Preferences dialog.

Spatial opens a new window for every open directory, this encapsulates the experience in the same window. Additionally in spatial you have no easy way to go back and closing the parent window, this solves that problem but using breadcrumbs.

[SumTingWong]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/

It's ugly :3

[arzali]

they still have the stop/reload and home and computer buttons which aren't needed. it's annoying.
You can edit the toolbar items and remove them :D
http://ubuntu-pics.de/archived/38793/bildschirmfoto_1_6uCiYn.png (http://ubuntu-pics.de/bild/38793/bildschirmfoto_1_6uCiYn.png)

[humphreybc]

Hmm Elementary looks way too much like OS X for my liking, but I'll try it out anyway :)

arzali: Did you rename Dolphin to "Finder"??

[koleoptero]

pfft, pcmanfm ftw

Can pcmanfm finally merge folders? I had an issue with that.

[Chilli Bob]

I really don't see the point of this. It just makes Nautilus impossible (or at least much harder) to use. It's there to manage files, not look good.

[Tibuda]

Hmm Elementary looks way too much like OS X for my liking, but I'll try it out anyway :)

I don't think you need to use the whole theme set just to use the patched nautilus.

[sigurnjak]

How do i edit toolbar items or size of places sidebar items ?

[arzali]

Hmm Elementary looks way too much like OS X for my liking, but I'll try it out anyway :)

arzali: Did you rename Dolphin to "Finder"??
No i renamed nautilus to finder because it had "cd/dvd creator" as name before


How do i edit toolbar items or size of places sidebar items ?
edit /usr/share/nautilus/ui/nautilus-navigation-window-ui.xml
the <toolbar name="Toolbar"> section

the minimum is
<toolbar name="Toolbar">
<placeholder name="Extra Buttons Placeholder">
<placeholder name="Extension Actions"/>
</placeholder>
</toolbar>

[bigbrovar]

Its not something I would do or want on my system, but the fact that its possible means just shows the power of linux. Am sure some people would like this so choice is always a good thing in my book

[ammonkey]

Its not something I would do or want on my system, but the fact that its possible means just shows the power of linux. Am sure some people would like this so choice is always a good thing in my book

I hope u're gonna change your mind in the future. we're gonna change all the UI design ;). It's a work in progress.

Last night i added the excellent undo/redo patch to the bzr development branch. http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/download-undo-redo-patched-nautilus.html

[Viva]

The sidebar makes nautilus twice as usable. I like my nautilus look, I just wish it lets me add more than one sidebar

[Uncle Spellbinder]

I don't know what's wrong with Nautilus as it is now. Looks good, functional, does what it should. This whole "I hate Nautilus" thing completely baffles me.

Click Image To Enlarge:
http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/Nautilus1e6.jpeg (http://content.imagesocket.com/images/Nautilus1e6.jpeg)

[Nerd King]

Nautilus is excellent, but something of a resource-hog. I also like Dolphin, the 2-pane thing is excellent. PCManFM is decent if you want speed, so we've got an excellent choice. Enjoy that choice.

[ammonkey]

hello,

I've read many things about nautilus-elementary
some people talk but didn't tried it at all, so they though by seeing the screenshots around, omg it don't have sidebar, omg there's not enought space for the location bar on the main bar, omg i don't have a menubar (that the same type of person never use :) ).

u can do exactly what u do in "normal" vanilla nautilus.
-yes u have a sidebar
-yes u have a menubar
-spatial mode is different than browser mode
-yes it's still compatible with dropbox and other extensions etc like the vanilla nautilus is.

screenshot of nautilus-elementary i am using.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2hxtumf.png

what about the space do u find that the breadcrum miss some space? Oo ...i am using a 1600x1050 wich is a standard screen "nowadays". What about having 3 menu bars with duplicates options in the vanilla nautilus? nautilus-elementary is notebook friendly too.

That's all i had to say, u're free to don't like it but i propose this alternative and i think many people would like it.

[the8thstar]

This new version of Nautilus is a keeper. It unclutters the windows and is neat by design.

ADOPTED.

[squilookle]

I like Nautlius, although the screenshot looks too Mac-like for my taste.

[PapaRaven]

Although I'm OS agnostic, I must say that it is nice how Macs' UI elements are so paired down and simplified. With Synaptic as my KM between a Toshiba Satellite and a MacBook [w/ Large extern' LCD panel], it's unnerving when the Toshiba is in Windows mode, but downright soothing when it is in Ubuntu mode, with its Elementary desktop. Mr. Rabbit has got to be one of my favorite artists, at this very moment.

No one should apologize for, nor act threatened as a result of their preferences; listen to that sentiment above that you can just be happy that you have so many choices thanks to the Open Source community. :)

[hhh]

gratuitous

[Grifulkin]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/


Just based on the first post. Didn't read through the thread, but it looks like a themed out version of ROX.

[TCKChris]

You can edit the toolbar items and remove them :D
http://ubuntu-pics.de/archived/38793/bildschirmfoto_1_6uCiYn.png (http://ubuntu-pics.de/bild/38793/bildschirmfoto_1_6uCiYn.png)
The panel transparency, howwww?

[arzali]

The panel transparency, howwww?
Transparent panel background image ;)

[LightB]

I like nautilus as it is. The compact view is great. It could always use more optimization improvements, but same goes for everything else.

When I got a faster PC I had less reasons to use Thunar, which I previously liked a lot. Only thing Thunar still has over nautilus are built in custom actions.

[the8thstar]

Transparent panel background image ;)

Would you care to upload us the image? All my attempts at setting a semi-transparent background failed.

[the8thstar]

No one should apologize for, nor act threatened as a result of their preferences; listen to that sentiment above that you can just be happy that you have so many choices thanks to the Open Source community. :)

Well said. +1

[arzali]

Would you care to upload us the image? All my attempts at setting a semi-transparent background failed.
sure get it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/157801/panel3.png

[the8thstar]

sure get it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/157801/panel3.png

Thanks a lot. It still doesn't make the panel transparent, but at least I know now that something must be wrong with my system settings.

[markinf]

Damn, I fear that this themes and stuff will converget to a MacOS "Gnome" thing. I really don't like that. If you wnat a Mac go out and buy it :P

[koleoptero]

Damn, I fear that this themes and stuff will converget to a MacOS "Gnome" thing. I really don't like that. If you wnat a Mac go out and buy it :P

And if we want a mac-like looking gnome? Should we buy one too?

[markinf]

And if we want a mac-like looking gnome? Should we buy one too?

No but don't try to make that a "default" thing like this elementary team is trying. Pfff,

Linux has it own face, it doesn't need to copy other OS :), thats my thought.

PS: One of the things that **** me off is that linux users says that Windows keeps copying Linux stuff, But when they're on linux they just copy the entire UI-look and feel from Mac OS or Windows, how "creative".

[KhRiZiZi]

No but don't try to make that a "default" thing like this elementary team is trying. Pfff,

Linux has it own face, it doesn't need to copy other OS :), thats my thought.

PS: One of the things that **** me off is that linux users says that Windows keeps copying Linux stuff, But when they're on linux they just copy the entire UI-look and feel from Mac OS or Windows, how "creative".
Using it as inspiration has nothing to do with copying it. What do elementary and snow leopard have in common? Circles for minimize, maximize, and close. That's it.

[markinf]

Using it as inspiration has nothing to do with copying it. What do elementary and snow leopard have in common? Circles for minimize, maximize, and close. That's it.

I don't feel that :(

Elementary "Desktop"
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/278/7/8/eGTK_by_DanRabbit.png

Mac Snow Leopard
http://dmacmichael.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/snow_leopard_desktop.png?w=459&h=287

http://thequantumbyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snowleopardui.jpg

[KhRiZiZi]

I don't feel that :(

Elementary "Desktop"
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/278/7/8/eGTK_by_DanRabbit.png

Mac Snow Leopard
http://dmacmichael.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/snow_leopard_desktop.png?w=459&h=287

http://thequantumbyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/snowleopardui.jpg
It shares qualities.. It's a different concept.

[markinf]

It shares qualities.. It's a different concept.

I think its not the word "share" it's copy the qualities from Mac. And the mac desktop is really cool :)

But I still think it's valid, ppl should use whatever they want. But I personally don't like to use stuff from other OS. :)

[koleoptero]

Well until someone comes up with a better idea.... :P

[koleoptero]

sure get it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/157801/panel3.png

Do you have any idea why the clock and notification area applets still show opaque with the egtk theme?

EDIT: Nvm, I edited the theme's gtkrc and fixed it.

[ticopelp]

No one should apologize for, nor act threatened as a result of their preferences; listen to that sentiment above that you can just be happy that you have so many choices thanks to the Open Source community. :)

Great quote!

[markinf]

Well until someone comes up with a better idea.... :P

My desktop is unique :D \o/ KDE style :D
And KDE is just beautiful.

Thats the word that defines Linux, Unique. :D

[koleoptero]

And here I thought it was "beta". :P

[Mr. Picklesworth]

Using it as inspiration has nothing to do with copying it. What do elementary and snow leopard have in common? Circles for minimize, maximize, and close. That's it.

Also a sensible use of space. Divider lines aren't 10 pixels thick. (Although maybe they should be when they're collapsed).
I wish more themes were like that, since I'm not a huge fan of eGTK's style (ugly arrows!) but I think the adventurous way it shapes widgets is fantastic.

What MacOS figured out a long time ago, Microsoft finally figured out with Windows 7 and most free software desktops have yet to get working is that whitespace plays a huge role in designing pleasant user interfaces. Right now we divide everything with heavy lines, contrasting colours and crazy gradients.

MacOS does it with much less contrast, much thinner (and far fewer) lines, and consistent, elegant looking shadows. They use empty space to convey meaning; that two elements in a list are different. Windows 7 does this everywhere (arguably better than MacOS does it, in places). An obvious example is the side pane in Explorer. Instead of having a bold 40 point title, or a different background colour, or Yet Another Divider Line over every segment of that side pane, they put a bit of space around them. It looks elegant, it fits with conventions in printed media, and more importantly it doesn't waste space communicating useless information.

Unfortunately this needs real toolkit changes. New words for GTK's vocabulary, new text layout controls, new widgets. Patching Nautilus, or hacking it to look different from a particular GTK theme is, unfortunately, very minor in the list of look and feel problems.

[macogw]

That's so sexy.

What distro, etc are you running?

It's not Nautilus. See the global menu bar? It clearly says Dolphin. Dolphin is KDE's file manager.

[blur xc]

The sidebar makes nautilus twice as usable. I like my nautilus look, I just wish it lets me add more than one sidebar

Here's my beef with nautilus, and many gnome apps in general- too much wasted screen real estate... Seriously- the amount of space taken up between the actual icon window and the title bar is criminal- especially for us with wide screen monitors.

BM

[Crunchy the Headcrab]

I'd miss some of the buttons that were removed though. It's the reason I use nautilus instead of one of the lighter ones.

[blur xc]

Another example-

[descendent87]

Looks great, canonical should hire these guys for ubuntu themes/icons!

[swoll1980]

Looks like Finder

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Here's my beef with nautilus, and many gnome apps in general- too much wasted screen real estate... Seriously- the amount of space taken up between the actual icon window and the title bar is criminal- especially for us with wide screen monitors.

No clue what you're talking about. 21" Wide screen, 1680x1050. Looks great to me. I just don't get the bashing of Nautilus. I have no issues at all...

[macogw]

No clue what you're talking about. 21" Wide screen, 1680x1050. Looks great to me. I just don't get the bashing of Nautilus. I have no issues at all...

Yes, but yours is HUGE. Consider if it where a 13" 1280x800 screen like mine. Or a netbook with...what is it? 1024x600?

Widescreens (16:10 on computer, 16:9 on tv) have less screen real estate than standard (4:3) screens. Screens are measured on the diagonal. The greatest area you can get is when the diagonal is a perfect 45° angle. The farther off from that you are, the worse the screen real estate. Widescreens are farther off from that than standard screens.

I have a friend that refuses to say "widescreen," preferring instead "short screen" because really all they've done is cut off the top two inches of the screen. Kind of silly really since reading wide text is confusing and a bit stressful on the eyes (the wider the lines, the more often you'll find your eyes accidentally moving to the wrong line when you get to linebreaks). And then of course panels go on top and bottom. And menubars. And toolbars. And statusbars... and before you know it, 200 vertical pixels are taken up by things that aren't even content! That's 1/4 of my screen!

[Wiebelhaus]

Wow. Mssr Dan Rabbitt and his Elementary team have come up trumps again - let me introduce you to Elementary-Nautilus

http://img199.yfrog.com/img199/5849/mydesktopbydanrabbit.png

I was a big fan of the 'Simplified Nautilus' that was floating around a while back, and i was equally enthused by the work on Nautilus in Lucid Alpha 2... but this is just DIVINE.

I popped install etc instructions on my blog if anyone wants to gander

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/nautilus-simple-install-ppa-streamlined.html

screenshot is from Dan Rabbit's DeviantArt @ http://danrabbit.deviantart.com/


Looks great mate , thanks.

[3rdalbum]

The only version of Nautilus that I can use is the one that actually works with RGBA support.

[Mr. Picklesworth]

And it just got MORE beautiful!
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2010-March/msg00212.html

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/78466511.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1269670768&Signature=dEWT1miiNskF6PXBfHNlUCBNOtY%3D

Gone are the horrible black borders around thumbnails!

(Although I wish the thumbnail frame was handled by the GTK theme).

[Crunchy the Headcrab]

And it just got MORE beautiful!
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2010-March/msg00212.html

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/78466511.png?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1269670768&Signature=dEWT1miiNskF6PXBfHNlUCBNOtY%3D

Gone are the horrible black borders around thumbnails!

(Although I wish the thumbnail frame was handled by the GTK theme).
That's WAY better. Should have been done ages ago.

[blur xc]

No clue what you're talking about. 21" Wide screen, 1680x1050. Looks great to me. I just don't get the bashing of Nautilus. I have no issues at all...

1600x900 on my ubuntu box- my old screen was 1280 x 1024, so yeah. I like being able to comfortably have two windows open side by side on my screen, but I still really miss the 124 missing vertical pixels. Look at the screen shots I posted- and tell me what practical reason there is for wasting that much screen real estate.

BM