will there be a "cd/dvd burning application" in Fedora 7?

Bastien Nocera bnocera at redhat.com
Fri May 18 09:50:36 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 11:39 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> Le vendredi 18 mai 2007 à 10:22 +0100, Bastien Nocera a écrit :
> 
> > > > If nautilus-cd-burner doesn't have a good interface, please write down
> > > > the use cases, and explain the current workflow, then we can try to
> > > > enhance it, and make it better for mum, dad and the friends.
> 
> nautilus-cd-burner tries too hard to be a file manager and as a result
> its task-oriented UI sucks, its menu entry is not in the right place,
> etc
> 
> Something like brasero that reuses good parts of the nautilus file
> selector but is dedicated to burning without trying to be something else
> is much more user-friendly (not that brasero couldn't be improved a lot,
> but at least its basics are sound)

Ok, let's compare this to the Apple burner UI (not their strong point,
to be fair).

To create a new data disk, other than the integrated "export" functions
in iPhoto, iTunes, etc. you need to:
- Open the Disk Utility
- Create a new image of a certain size (will show up on the Desktop)
- Drag'n'drop files using the file manager in the disk utility
- Burn the image back in the Disk Utility

What do you think of:
- when blank CD/DVD is inserted, popup non-spatial nautilus window, with
the sidebar tree rooted at CD/DVD creator
- remove CD/DVD creator from the places menu
- Add a "Master and burn CD/DVD" application entry in the system tools
menu

Would it make the task smoother? This is why I asked for use-cases and
workflows, they're not just for show, they're useful.




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