Binary package hint: nautilus
Using Nautilus in "browser mode":
1. Gnome Places --> Home Folder (for someuser). This brings up a new Nautilus window. History menus: Back: <empty>. Fwd: <empty>
2. Open the Music directory. Back: someuser. Fwd: <empty>
3. Open a subdirectory of Music, e.g. Beach Boys. Back: Music, someuser. Fwd: <empty>
4. Click the Location Bar Button "someuser". Back: <empty>. Fwd: Music, Beach Boys.
5. Click on Location Bar Button "Beach Boys". Back: someuser. Fwd: <empty>
BUG: It seems inconsistent and strange that clicking on the location bar buttons that represent the directory path would take me backwards in the history. It is then inconsistent and strange that clicking on the buttons that are ahead of the current button do NOT take me forward in the path.
That is, when I click them for directories that are parents, grand-parents, etc. of the current/working directory, then I am actually somehow/someway navigating in the navigation history stacks. But when I click on a child, grand-child, etc. in the location bar buttons, then I am actually starting a new path (clearing the fwd stack).
Perhaps this is by design, but if so, then I think the rules for these buttons should be clearly stated in a design document. Each step/behavior should be able to be conveyed (even if it is non-deterministic) in the Gnome Nautilus Help.
( Bonus Question: What happens after step 5 when you click on "Music" in the location bar buttons? )
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
the behaviour doesn't seem obviously buggy, you should open a bug on bugzilla.gnome.org where the people writting the software will read it and can reply on the wanted design, ubuntu bug triagers will not have a better clue than you about that