Double-clicking on archive should extract it

[Jan]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Currently, clicking on an archive opens file-roller. To extract an archive, one needs to right-click and select ›Extract Here‹.

As the major use case for archives (mostly downloads) is extracting them rather than modifying files in them, this should be switched:
Double-clicking (or clicking in single-click mode) should extract the archive (like on Mac OS).
The right-click option for ›Extract Here‹ should be changed into something like ›Edit Contents‹, which would then launch file-roller.

[Vallery Lancey (muscovy)]

Doing this might be surprising to the user if they're casually clicking or intending to open file-roller. Just my opinion. :P

A good place to file this would be http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 389176 , so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.