On Sun, 03/09/06 08:45 +0100, Miles Lane wrote: > On 9/2/06, Rahul <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Tom Horsley wrote: >> > I could swear there used to be a menu item somewhere to >> > popup a dialog to let me type in an arbitrary program > >> > name to run, but I was just looking for it in a GNOME >> > session of FC6t2, and if its there, it is well hidden. >> > >> > Is this another GNOME helpful "improvement" like no >> > text field for typing (or pasting) a path >> > in the file selection dialog? >> > >> >> Has been that way from FC5 onwards. The dialog box still exists. Alt+F2. > > That's intuitive, not. Rather, it's functionality obfuscation. Even > Windows shows a "Run" option on the program menu. If grandparents > running Windows can handle it, why not Gnome users? Is there some > rationale? I imagine this is some upstream decision. > > Miles Gnome's setting overall is superior to M$. If "Run" hasn't been there, there is a reason for example maybe the majority of people do not use it. -- Leon -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list