[ale] gnome desktop: icon size control

[jimpop at gmail.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 22:46, Tim Watts<timtw at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up a Gnome desktop for a friend who likes to collect all her
> pictures, docs etc. on the desktop. That's fine except that the thumbnail
> icons (jpeg, bmp & pdf) are unreasonably large (about 1" square). Is there a
> way to control the size as a general policy -- other than turning off
> thumbnails? I see how I can do this on a case by case basis but that's not
> good enough. (This is on ubuntu jaunty.)

Open Nautilus (Places -> Home Folder) and select Edit -> Preferences.

-Jim P.