Comment 12 for bug 40872

On 4/17/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
> Why should the software forces you to use a determined grid rather than
> any location you want? You can move the icons in a way they don't
> overlap, that's easy, just dnd them until they look ok to you. What is a
> bug is when nautilus makes icons automatically placed overlap or doesn't
> wrap the text when icons are on a grid

I am not saying that automatic placement should be mandatory. If you
want to place icons by hand, be my guest. However, I have other
things I'd rather be doing. I think that icon handling on the desktop
is something that Microsoft has done really well. Obviously, the icon
previews and icon resizing is something that a lot of Nautilus users
are delighted with. I like the image previews, too. I just don't
want to drag icons around to position them on the desktop. I have
better things to do with my time.