Thunar 0.1.4 and libexo 0.3.1.1 pre-alpha releases
Checkout the announcement on thunar-dev.
Continue readingNew Thunar snapshot
For the brave: I just uploaded a new Thunar snapshot, which will soon replace the (now) outdated version currently found in the Xfce SVN repository.
Continue readingThunar application chooser
Finally found the time to finish and commit the initial application chooser for Thunar. It's still a bit rough, but it works for now:
Continue reading(Mis)Use of icons in Gtk+/GNOME
As seen on pgo: An interesting blog entry from tigert about the use of icons in Gnome today (be sure to scroll down to Waldo Bastian's comment).
Continue readingContent Manager Ideas
I've been reading through the Appeal Wiki lately, and stumbled about the Content Manager page today. While the idea is not new, it's certainly one of the most interesting areas of Project Appeal.
Continue readingNew installer
Just checked the new installer for Xfce 4.4 yesterday. Really nice work so far, Jannis. The UI sure needs some work, but the fundamentals look good, and I think it's on the right track.
Continue readingThumbnails
It took quite some time and it wasn't very enjoyable, but now Thunar finally supports thumbnails (at least loading):
Continue readingDrag and Drop
I finally committed the drop-site support for the current views in Thunar (the icon and details view). I stumbled over a few oddities in the GtkDnD code that I have never noticed before, and the current code in Thunar is not yet perfect, as some things don't work properly (or don't work as expected) right now. For example, you can drag a file in nautilus and drop it on a Thunar view, but you cannot drag a file in Thunar and drop it in a nautilus view, odd.
Continue readingDebian packages for Thunar and libexo
I just uploaded new Debian packages with Thunar and libexo snapshots to the os-cillation repository, so Debian/Ubuntu users can test Thunar easily without having to build and install them manually.
Continue readingIcon view
Committed the new icon view code to libexo today, and updated Thunar to use it.
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