On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 19:42 +0100, GÃbor Farkas wrote: > Sean Middleditch wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 16:10 +0100, GÃbor Farkas wrote: > > > > Perhaps instead of assuming that whatever problem you have would be > > solved by a path entry widget, why not stop and identify the problems > > and think up better solutions? Do you just want faster keyboard > > navigation? Sounds reasonable. Maybe we need some key-bindings for "up > > folder" in the dialog? (I can't seem to find one.) I do know that I > > can type in paths in Save As dialog to move around. Maybe the type- > > ahead find should be able to recognize "../files/" and change the file > > view. > > > > There are tons of things that can be done to improve the UI for > > technical users without cluttering the UI with useless widgetry for non- > > technical users. > > > yes, but why weren't those considered from the beginning? > for example how could this become the new file dialog without a keyboard > shortcut to go "up" one folder. Because nobody filed bugs, and instead people just sat there ignoring it and occasionally making ultimately useless flames and discussions on mailing lists? File a bug. It will never, ever get fixed or even looked at by someone capable of making the fix until a bug is filed. > there was an old file dialog. it featured fast keyboard navigation. > there's the new one. i like it more. it looks a lot better (it copies > kde's and windows's file-chooser after all :>> ). but the keyboard > navigation is not fast. it's nearly impossible. File a bug. Offer useful suggestions besides "the new one sucks." Offer those suggestions in bug reports. -- Sean Middleditch <elanthis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AwesomePlay Productions, Inc. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
