Comment 11 for bug 137606

hm, i think easy step to make perfection, now like i see gnome desktop is
maked for users and users sometimes send photos and cant select easy correct
beacose system limit select file only to see filenames why ? if in other
view i see thumbs i think there is easy to add it and next step is ready

2009/8/14 Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>

> the change is really not trivial indeed
>
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> an icon view for the fileselectors would be useful
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137606
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>
> Status in gtk: Confirmed
> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nautilus
>
> When using nautilus in lookup mode, i.e. browse for a file for opening or
> selecting, the list of files is always in list mode. It would be very handy
> when one can change to icon mode, because then there's automatically a
> preview.
>
> This has especially much value when browsing for an image, say for adding
> an attachmant in a gmail message within firefox.
>
> Note. special lookup screens for example eog already have a preview, but
> this is a special mode, this should be generic.
>