Folder Based Settings Vs One Global Settings

[pt123]

Folder Based settings allow each folder to have it's own zoom, and it's own view type (list view, icon view, compact view). While one global setting means there is only one zoom setting and one view setting and it will be used on all your folders.

At the heart of this, is the question are all folders the same. For me they clearly are not.
Folders that contain photos and videos are different to others as you will prefer to have see them displayed in icon view and with a higher zoom level.
While with a folder consisting of variety of file types I would prefer the list view and normal zoom. For the downloads folder I would prefer to have contents ordered by a descending date. For folders like /usr/bin I would prefer the compact view.

With a folder based settings all those settings mentioned above are remembered when you open that folder in file manager. While with one global setting you have to adjust all those again every time you open the folder.

I was wondering what people prefer.

[pt123]

The reason for this post is that Nautilus for sometime including in 12.04 supported folder based settings. But with Gnome 3.6 they are dropping folder based settings for one global settings. This would mean from 12.10 you will also lose folder based settings in Nautilus.

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/nautilus-...d-new-features

[vexorian]

I sort of wish they got rid of folders already. They are such an outdated view of things. I would prefer it if files had tags.

[pt123]

^ I am assuming you don't do project based work, or code applications.

[vexorian]

^ I am assuming you don't do project based work, or code applications.

Nestable Tags could do anything folders currently can and more.

[pt123]

Nestable Tags could do anything folders currently can and more.

Sounds like you don't

[GeoffreyBernardo]

A combination of folders and tags is obviously what is needed. Both folders and tags should be nestable.

[GeoffreyBernardo]

Folder Based settings allow each folder to have it's own zoom, and it's own view type (list view, icon view, compact view). While one global setting means there is only one zoom setting and one view setting and it will be used on all your folders.

At the heart of this, is the question are all folders the same. For me they clearly are not.
Folders that contain photos and videos are different to others as you will prefer to have see them displayed in icon view and with a higher zoom level.
While with a folder consisting of variety of file types I would prefer the list view and normal zoom. For the downloads folder I would prefer to have contents ordered by a descending date. For folders like /usr/bin I would prefer the compact view.

With a folder based settings all those settings mentioned above are remembered when you open that folder in file manager. While with one global setting you have to adjust all those again every time you open the folder.

I was wondering what people prefer.

You are 100% correct.

[GeoffreyBernardo]

The reason for this post is that Nautilus for sometime including in 12.04 supported folder based settings. But with Gnome 3.6 they are dropping folder based settings for one global settings. This would mean from 12.10 you will also lose folder based settings in Nautilus.

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/nautilus-...d-new-features

The hull of the Nautilus submarine has ruptured and it is rapidly taking in lots of water. Abandon ship.

[Linuxratty]

Folder Based settings..Just because it's got a few Grey hairs,does not mean it should be left on an ice flow somewhere.

But you know how developers are...Once they discover users like a feature,they have to kill said feature. If we say we hate everything, maybe they will take a more hands off approach.