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GSoC 2022: Third update - Design

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Introduction It’s been a while since my last update , in which I’ve shared my research about the underlying problem and use cases of the “New Document” feature, regarding its discoverability and ease of use, as part of my Nautilus GSoC Project . Since then I’ve been focusing on the following phase of the project: “Design a mockup based on aforementioned research”, and I’m here today to share the results with you. Use cases Figuring out hypothetical user profiles and their use cases could prove really helpful in designing and refining prototypes, so together with my mentor Antonio Fernandes we’ve come up with the following examples: User profile #1 - Programmer A programmer or system administrator with a repertoire of many pre-made code snippets/basic scripts for a variety of needs.  Use case: has to create source/script files at specific locations with the premade content. User profile #2 - Computer science student An aspiring programmer, who attends classes where they learn about the