Simplified Packaging - Managing Content

Registered by Otto Robba

As we move more and more into an application centric desktop system, it is important to bring consistency and allow for easier management of the content in a user's computer. Because somethings we still do through the file browser. Why not make that experience better?
The full proposal can be read here http://ottorobba.deviantart.com/art/Simplified-Package-System-259522906

The specification URL is to Deviantart but feel free to comment here.

This blueprint takes into account the possible implementation of the cover blueprint for Marlin:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/marlin/+spec/covers

Note: I understand this would be a big task. I can't program but I should this be relevant/interesting for elementary, I'd be glad to help in any way possible.

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I suppose that approaching this from file manager is not a good idea. In an application-centric desktop you don't need a file manager at all, the app manages the library for you instead. ~shnatsel

And all those Nautilus content-specific mods like http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?p=18000 are just brain-damage. ~shnatsel

Oh, and a similar thing has already been proposed at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/marlin/+spec/complex-files
Marking that one superseded and moving this spec to marlin project. ~shnatsel

I see your point on the Gnome shell nautilus mods. And I agree that there they missed the point. The idea is not to adjust Marlin's interface so that it matches beatbox but rather bring consistency to how content is displayed - and help organize according to the user's taste. I think I'll have to do a mockup of this to better illustrate the idea. In short, it would be a way to neatly organize and group files.
--ottorobba

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