Open as administrator in Nautilus

It's sometimes useful to be able to open a folder as administrator in Nautilus, the Gnome file browser, for example to edit a configuration file or drop a new theme in the root directory for all users to be able to use.
I had enabled this feature in Lenny, but not in Squeeze. This post on the Debian forum reminded me how to do it. (Install nautilus-gksu.)

Nautilus location bar

It used to be possible to switch between button and text-mode in the Nautilus location bar, but this function was removed some time ago. It's sometimes useful to switch. Rebel Zero describes how to switch permanently, or temporarily from the now default setting of buttons to text.

Debian Nautilus browser mode

A final Debian tweak. By default, Debian does not launch Nautilus in browser mode (No 'Up' button or Location bar, and clicking on a folder opens a new window rather than simply changing the location in the original window.)
I found the solution on franciscoalecrim.com.
Over the last few posts, it's been interesting to note some of the features Ubuntu comes with by default, or which are easily installed from Canonical repositories, that perhaps make it the more visually (and audibly) attractive and user-friendly distro, at least for home users.