People coming from other linux distributions and even Windows may find it very odd that when you type a character in the filemanager to search for a file, it actually starts searching recursively instead of highlighting the file directly. There was a big opposition to this when Gnome decided to remove the typeahead functionality and make search as the only option.
I think this should not be the case with Zorin. The type-to-seek functionality is very useful and faster than Gnome's default search functionality.
Currently, there's this repository https://launchpad.net/~lubomir-brindza/+archive/ubuntu/nautilus-typeahead which contains the nautilus with latest patches but also the type-to-seek functionality. The best thing is, you can always choose to search the files the new Gnome way as well. It would be a fantastic addition to ZorinOS if the team decides to implement this.
But the thing is, we don't need to use another file manager when Nautilus itself can be used with the same feature The repository I sent has been a huge help! Now nautilus works the same but with proper type-to-seek support.
Nemo is a name of the captain for a ship called Nautilus.
So you know who is really in charge of everything
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) was one of my childhood favourite readings. Lamentably, my French is still not good enough to read it in the original by Jules Verne....
I think what you've been mixing it up with is probably Moby(the forum won't let me use last name as its on a word filter). And I've seen the movie 20-thousand leagues under the sea, I've also seen a Moby(Again, stupid word filter which i hate so much on here) movie. And I also have seen Journey To The Center Of The Earth, with the guy from The Mummy, which was awesome.
Thats if one can still read at that age. The older you get, the more your vision disapears. And if you had to already wear glasses back when you were a kid, well, there's no help for you when you really get old. lol OK ok, yes, there is the assessibility options like zoom magnifier, which I am already using at time, cause I can't see sheeeeet.
I can only speculate that base Nautilus looks more like the Windows File Manager... ish?
Nemo could be customized to look a great deal like Windows, actually. It has a lot of settings.
Around this forum somewhere, I posted an image of my Nemo FM window customized to look as minimalist as Nautilus does.
This is the opposite of a problem. the Gnome-style is terrible. Hiding your tools, your toolbars, the menus and everything from accessible view. It is ugly, outdated, minimalism. This is a computer and workstation NOT a mobile phone.
Refer up to where I said you can Mimic that minamlist look in Nemo. You have the option to.
The problem with Gnome is that it removes that option. It strips it out. Straight out of the code.
In so doing, if YOU like that minimal functionally useless look, fine... Except that those of us that don't get it forced upon us.
And that is the difference and that is the problem.
It is not about what it looks like. I am a themer. I can change the look all I want. It is how it works, how it Functions that is the issue. And Gnome removes that.
The repository I sent has been a huge help! Now nautilus works the same but with proper type-to-seek support.
