This is nautilus 2.4.0. The file manager for the Gnome 2 desktop.

Major changes since 2.3.90 are:

* don't migrate .gnome-desktop if it is a symlink

* Fix messed up home/trash icons for new users

* Handle xpm icons correctly in desktop files

* Handle non-utf8 user names

Major changes since 2.3.9 are:

* Fix warning on theme changes

* Sometimes the home and trash icons became blank and unusable

* Auto-hide KDE trash directory in desktop directory.

Major changes since 2.3.8 are:

* Fix history sidepane crash

* Add keynav rectangle selection

* Better error string for missing proxy hostnames

* Handle arrow keys on numerical keypad

Major changes since 2.3.7 are:

* Handle write protected gconf keys better

* Make "Write to CD" button higher priority

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.3.6 are:

* Fixed zoom-to-fit in the zoom control.

* Selected files are colorized with the selection color.

* Doesn't create new windows when mounting CD-ROMS.

* Improved the gutter-on-the-right problem. 

* Updates the disks menu when fstab changes

* Performance enhancements for icon layout.

* Added support for total size and total count for multi-file property dialogs.

* String fixes

* Added documentation on nautilus internals

* Various fixes

Major changes since 2.3.5 are:

* .hidden file support

* Improved context menus

* Speed improvements in the list and tree views

* Multi-rooted tree view

* Update emblems list after adding custom emblems

* Prefer existing windows from the command line in open-in-new-window 
  mode

Major changes since 2.3.4 are:

* Startup notification support when launching files.

* Selection fixes

* Crash fix in the properties dialog

* Icon theme changes in the tree view fixed

* gcc 3.3 build fixes

* Desktop icon bug fixes

* Panel transparency fix

Major changes since 2.3.3 are:

* Added a "text beside icons" pref to the icon view

* Use the authentication manager in the adapter component

* Bonobo context menus can supply an icon

* Zoom control uses stock widgets

* The property dialog can edit multiple files

* HIG-compliance improvements

Major changes since 2.3.2 are:

* Made the throbber themable using icon themes
  (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.4)
  
* Get manager selection for desktop

* Fix some bugs in new desktop code

* fixed icon position for DnD in the listview

* Fixed spacing in dialogs to comply better with the HIG

* Use the authentication manager from libgnomeui instead
  of our own.

* Fix keynav bug with space in listview


Major changes since 2.3.1 are:

* Disabled the limit on the number of files in a directory.

* Change desktop directory to ~/Desktop

* Major change to how desktop icons are handled

* Some accessibility fixes

Major changes since 2.2.3 are:

* Performance increases on directory loads.

* Integrate nautilus-cd-burner

* "Keep Aligned" mode on desktop

* Cygwin & AIX port

* Uses new gnome_vfs_show_url API to activate files

* Better bookmarks UI

* Change in how attributes are stored internally.

Major changes since 2.2.2 are:

* Lots of fixes to the list view keyboard and mouse handling

* Lots of fixes to the icon view keyboard and mouse handling

* Automatic notes emblem (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.2)

* Correctly scale icons in list view

* No more tearing when zooming the icon view

* Don't select the extension for rename in the list view

* Easier to trigger auto scrolling during drag and drop in the icon
  view 

* Much better thumbnail queue handling. Visible thumbnails are
  prioritized.
  
* Scroll to previous position on directory reload

* Show volume and free space in the property dialog for directories

* Clean up by name doesn't leave icons outside the screen anymore

* Fix show backup/hidden files and some default view preferences

* Set the Nautilus application name used when grouping in the task
  list.

* Converted NautilusFile to a GObject

* Make the thumbnail size prefs not affect external thumbnailers, as
  it makes little sense for e.g. videos.

* Allow you to exit nautilus-file-management-properties

* Fix crash when droping from other app to Nautilus

* Use startup notification when launching Nautilus

* Don't save window geometry when maximized

* Added code to migrate Nautilus 1.0.x scripts

* Added some docs about keyboard and mouse navigation in nautilus views.

* Better accessibility support in the icon view

* Some other small bugfixes and polish

Major changes since 2.2.1 are:

* Going back/forwards scrolls to the position you left

* Better support for Gtk+ themes on the toolbar and location bar

* Disable the "switch to manual layout" dialog

* Ctrl-dragging on a selected file doesn't de-select it

* Save the current active side pane

* Now easier to hit icons, since you can also click on the transparent
  parts.

* Select the directory name for renaming when creating a new directory

* Select the base name (not extension) when renaming a file

* List view smaller zoomlevel by default

* Text view has copy to clipboard functionallity

* Padding and alignment changes in the preferences dialog

* Performance enhancement for embedded text

* The delete key now works on the desktop

* Added back the "erase" emblem to the Backgrounds & emblems dialog

* Better accessibility support for the icon view

* Refresh listview when icon theme changes

* Correct font size when renaming and not 100% zoomed view

* Remove all usage of deprecated APIs

* Use monospace font in text view

* Added 1 gigabyte pref tor max thumbnailing size

* Handle floppies and cdroms mounted outside /mnt

* Fix duplicated entries in context menu.

* Don't session manage NautilusViews

* Multi-head fixes for the preference dialog

* Leak fixes

* Fix bonobo-activation forkbomb


Major changes since 2.2.0.2 are:

* Fix name collisions in trash

* fix image properties crash

* multihead fixes

* allow .svgz rendering

* correct icons dor zip disks

* fix button ordering for transfer error dialogs

* memory leaks fixed

* "slow context menu" fixed

* Fixed smb passwords getting "stuck".

Major changes since 2.2.0.1 are:

* Background crash fix

* Embedded text fix

Major changes since 2.2.0 are:

* NautilusView refcounting fix

* New translations

Major changes since 2.1.91 are:

* i18n fixes

* List view fixes

* Reverted the symlink change.  Now resolves symlinks when following
  them.

* Context menu corba usage fix

* Reload thumbnails when files changes

* Small fixes

Major changes since 2.1.6 are:

* No flicker on startup.

* Faster expose of the desktop

* Don't resolve symlinks when follow them

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.6 are:

* Multihead fixes

* Fixed delete-in-rename-deletes-file bug

* UI review improvements

* Resolved the conflict between Edit and Empty Trash that was causing
  the desktop to be badly stuck.

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.5 are:

* Don't depend on libgnomecanvas

* Don't put icons under panel

* Use new icons for start-here

* Better window titles for e.g. fonts:///

* Handle thumbnail preferences


Major changes since 2.1.4 are:

* Handle icon theme changes better

* Query drag with middle button instead of right-click.
  This allows faster context menus.

* Bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.2 are:

* Remove unused code.

* Lots of smalll bugfixes.

* Make bonobo property pages regular controls instead of NautilusViews.

* Mimetype-sensitive context menu plugins

* Restructure the cut-and-paste code.

Major changes since 2.1.1 are:

* New preferences dialog and capplet.

* Pluggable file property pages.

* New Image properties page.

* Emblem sidebar work.

* Handle rootwindow drops.

* Background drag and drop changes

* The music view has been removed.

Major changes since 2.1.0 are:

* Multihead support

* Emblem sidebar

* Emblems handled with icon themes

* Uses new pango wrap mode in icon view

* Work on exterminating Nautilus themes

* Recent files support

Major changes since 2.0.7 are:

* Nautilus now uses the system icon theme.

* The sidebar tabs have been replaced with a new widget.

* The icon container uses the new eel canvas.

* UI cleanups.

* Various bugfixes.

Major changes since 2.0.6 are:

* Fixed the assertion failure on startup

* CD handling updates

Major changes since 2.0.5 are:

* Fixed volume handling bug with thrash that made it impossible
  to unmount removable media while using fam.

Major changes since 2.0.4 are:

* Follow thumbnailing prefs for svgs too

* Correctly handle old non-utf8 trash and home links

* Fix the "icons stacked in top left corner" bug

* Various small bugfixes.

Major changes since 2.0.3 are:

* Don't show progress dialog for fast operations

* Mime handling fixes

* crux theme tweak

* small performance enhancements

* Various bugfixes.


Major changes since 2.0.2 are:

* Drag and drop has been implemented in the list view.

* Performance enhancements in the icon factory.

* Various bugfixes.


Major changes since 2.0.1 are:

* List view doesn't hang anymore.

* Reflect changes in the eel background api.

* Fix for crash when invoking "nautilus -q".


Major changes since 2.0.0 are:

* Various UI cleanups from the ui review

* Various bugfixes

* The Gnome Nautilus theme now follows the gtk+ theme better

* Window geometry is stored even in open-directories-in-same-window mode

* All executable bonobo components moved into libexec.

* Some performance improvements

* Accessibility fixes

* Add support for kernel supermount patch

* Read desktop file icons according to the icon theme specification

* New throbber for the gnome theme

* large version of trash icon

* Better handling of disk ejecting

* Proper handling of launching desktop files according to the spec



Major changes since 1.0.x are:

* Port to Gtk+ 2 and the Gnome 2 platform.

* Major performance improvements.

* Userlevels are removed.

* Lots of small UI changes in order to comply with the Gnome 2 Human
  Interface Guidelines.

* Preferences dialog has been trimmed down.

* Anti-aliased mode has been removed. If you want anti-aliased text,
  you need to use the Gtk+ 2 anti-aliased text mode.

* New emblems added to the default set of emblems.

* Support for editing vfolder menus using nautilus.

* Made most normal component in-process.

* Accessibility support.

* Drop support for public metadata.

* The news was sidebar disabled/removed

* Image view component removed, we now use Eye of Gnome.

* Bugfixes


Minor new features:

* Drop-shadow for text on the desktop

* Alt-drag image and pick set-as-background

* New progress dialog window-icon shows progress visually.

* You can use Alt-left/right/up/down to navigate the icon view using
  the keyboard.

* Ability to easily create launchers on the desktop.

