Inaccurate nautilus bookmark Help docs

[DrC]

re Daily build today - 11Apr09 at 15:22 utc 9.04 development branch
Features frozen, these are user guide comments

re System-Help and Support 2.5.3.6. Adding and Removing Bookmarks:

1.
To add the current location to the bookmarks list, press Add
would be better as:
To add the current open folder to the bookmarks list, press Add

2.
or right-click a folder in the file list and choose Add to Bookmarks.
just doesn't work - delete this.

3.
You can add any folder that is listed in the current location by dragging it to the bookmarks list.
You can't - delete this.

re Nautilus Help 6.6.18.2. To Edit a Bookmark:

4.
Choose Places ▸ Edit Bookmarks,
isn't there - delete this and the following 'or'. Leave 'in a browser window,'

5.
Is there any way of reducing the overlap and linking the two help systems?

[Matthew East (mdke)]

Points 1-3 are not valid, because that section deals with the "Open File" window, and not the nautilus window. The instructions are valid for that window.

However point 4 is a valid one, because the instructions are not clear that they apply only to using nautilus in "spatial mode". I've sent a patch to the Gnome bug tracker to solve that issue.

[DrC (drcowsley)]

Your point accepted - and thanks for the action.

User Help is a delicate area - any user problem is a prima facie case for improvement!

I got to the wrong (File-Open) context by searching for Bookmarks and selecting the 'Introduction to the Desktop' entry.

The search was prompted by the fact that I could not find how to manage my bookmarks. I am now able to do so, but only by the indirect route of opening the bookmarked item, then editing it or whatever from the Nautilus menu.

If there is a more direct route that works on the Desktop Menu list it would be really useful to have it signposted in the System Help route.

If there isn't, I can foresee problems for users who need to delete a newly dysfunctional bookmark to a removable or network target. The workaround of using a working bookmark to get to the edit menu will not necessarily be obvious to the target audience for the Help documentation..

Having said all this, somebody who knows the system better than I do is better placed to know what to do about it - if anything.