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Idea #16864: Improve Icon View in Nautilus

Written by gdi2k the 28 Dec 08 at 10:39. Related project: Nautilus. Status: New
Rationale
In Nautilus, when browsing in Icon View, it is currently impossible to distinguish between document types that provide previews without looking at their file extensions.

For example, if I have 2 similar documents side by side, one is a PDF, the other is an OpenOffice Writer document, they both look identical and I cannot tell which is the PDF without looking at the file extension.

See here for an example in Ubuntu 8.10:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33359003@N00/3143087405/

Solution: Add a visual cue to the preview icon (either a mini file-type icon (like Windows), or simply a watermark with the file extension (like Mac OS X).

Windows and Mac examples:
http://www.jtbworld.com/images/PDFPreviewHandleralsowithAdobeReader8.1_16FD/ima ge.png
http://images.appleinsider.com/leopard-finder-071008-8.jpg

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16864
Written by gdi2k the 28 Dec 08 at 10:39.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16864 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: Add File Type Emblem to Previewed File
Written by doctormo the 15 Jan 09 at 03:34.
Add a simple emblem as either an icon or a short text which shows the type of file clearly.

Possibly making it semi transparent.

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sf_007 wrote on the 28 Dec 08 at 17:38
+ 100
Great idea

enubuntu wrote on the 28 Dec 08 at 19:16
+10000!!!

brettalton wrote on the 28 Dec 08 at 22:09
This feature is sorely sorely missing in Nautilus.

Those examples you gave of XP and and OS X put Ubuntu's file preview to shame.

I also can't believe that no one has suggested this yet.

+1

Warbo wrote on the 30 Dec 08 at 17:03
+1 Nautilus already has "emblems", and some are added automatically (for instance read-only and symbolic link). This could be expanded to implement this idea. If text is used, like "PDF", "Word", "OpenDoc", etc., then these could even be auto-generated as needed using a script with Imagemagick.

animaniac wrote on the 8 Jan 09 at 14:53
the lack of This and thumbnails on folders are two things that have really been bugging me. +1

pestsov wrote on the 9 Jan 09 at 21:01
Watermarks are needed

lukaschmela wrote on the 18 Jan 09 at 17:27
+1 for watermarks


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