Comment 131 for bug 48671

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Martian (trifonov-antoine) wrote : Re: [Bug 48671] Re: Cannot rename by clicking on a file

*"I understand some people rename files like that, but..."*

Apperantly you do not. It is not convenient what you aren't used to,
period. It does not matter at all what reasoning you come up with.

On 8 May 2013 19:47, Alberto Salvia Novella <email address hidden> wrote:

> I understand some people rename files like that, but in this very
> specific case the removed method is considerably worse than the left
> one. Perhaps it's more intuitive for some people, but its horrible.
>
> In my long years as Windows user, even before having used any different
> operating system before, I used to ask myself who the hell would like to
> rename files using such a slow method; and many times seen users getting
> confused renaming files by accident.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48671
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> Title:
> Cannot rename by clicking on a file
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Confirmed
> Status in Nautilus:
> Confirmed
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> In Windows explorer, clicking a file and then clicking once more on
> the file name will enter "rename file" mode. Nautilus doesn't do this.
>
> Isn't it a useful feature to have?
>
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