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On the other hand, the code pane modification can be made within an hour (maybe two if you are not confident with morphic, but it doesn't seems to be the case) using the plugin mecanism (Johan Fabry can testify ^^).

Then, Nautilus is not cross platform, but we have developed Spec with the goal to use it for Nautilus, and Spec is(will be ^^) cross platform. So one day, Nautilus will be cross platform. Sadly, I will not be soon (I have to rewrite the whole ui).

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Looking at the video, I think your best option if you do not want to use glamour is to build a custom browser using Spec. It does not seem like a lot of work, certainly since you already have the logic of the actions in place. The only thing that Spec does not do AFAIK is the dynamic adding of lists in the top pane. Ben is going to have a look at dynamic widget placement etc and this looks like a nice case study :-)

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