På Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:41:16AM -0600, Shaun McCance skrev:
> On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 10:26 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > Screenshot
> > * heavy bugzilla love
> > * remove the file name entry and use a filechooser button
>
> I don't like this idea. I mean, arguably, we have a file chooser
> button for exactly this sort of thing. But the fact that we have
> a widget doesn't mean it's the best tool.
> [snip] I'm often taking a series of screenshots, and I love the fact that
> the Screenshot tool remembers my last folder. [snip]
AFAICS, there are no plans to change that.
> With a file name entry and a folder chooser button, I can see
> at a glance which folder I'm saving into, and I only have to
> click the button when I want to change the folder. (Numbers
> taken directly from my ass indicate that's about 10% of the
> time.) I can easily rename the file without having to bring
> up an extra dialog, which I want to do nearly 100% of the time.
>
> For me, the current interface is nearly perfect.
The entry is really broken. See "Bug 325708 - Typing a path in the filename
entry does not work" (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325708) for
details about the issue.
> So are we making this change because we really believe it's
> better, or are we using widgets for the sake of using them?
A vertical layout would drastically reduce the screen space that is needed
for the dialog. While compact != good, in this case it is, I think :)
mvrgr, Wouter
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