Comment 115 for bug 48671

Of course, on Mac OS, you can also hit return to rename a file:

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/04/26/mac-101-a-simple-trick-to-rename-files/

In Nautilus and on Windows, this opens the file, which is pretty expensive
and surprising if you do it by mistake...

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM, David Huggins Daines <email address hidden>wrote:

> @Seb: I'm sorry, actually it was me that revived this discussion with a
> rather flaming diatribe. Thank you for directing me to the original
> Nautilus bug - for some reason Google doesn't pick it up, and I really
> wanted to know what the process was that led to this decision. I find it
> surprising, because it violates what I think of as generally accepted human
> interface guidelines (don't require right clicks or keyboard shortcuts,
> direct manipulation, etc).
>
> For me this is a papercut, as I use Windows and Mac OS X regularly and am
> always surprised when I try to use Nautilus in the same way as I'd use the
> Finder or Explorer. Of course, on Linux, it's often much faster (though
> not very user-friendly) to just use the shell to manage files.
>
> I know there's some concern that people will rename files accidentally,
> but on Mac OS, click-to-rename only happens if you click on the filename,
> not on the icon. This seems like a pretty good compromise as it makes it
> clear that you're trying to operate on the file name and not the file
> itself. I've seen this user interface pattern elsewhere too...
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> @Martian: could you please stop those sneaking comments? they are not
>> welcome here
>>
>> To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct -
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct . Bug reports are
>> handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear
>> this in mind.
>>
>> It's also worth noting that you discuss with other users, they share
>> their option but are not the one who implemented the current behaviour
>> or decided or it, so "justify your...decision" is just plainly false,
>> they didn't decide of anything and have no justification to give
>>
>> also, options are not a solution to usability issues, that's just
>> complicating the UI for everyone and often not a step in the right
>> direction
>>
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>> Cannot rename by clicking on a file
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