Re: Hide extensions [Was: Nautilus]

[Chipzz <chipzz ULYSSIS Org>]

And what about all those incorrectly named .wmv files I have to rename
to .asf because otherwise nautilus refuses to open them?

kr,

Jan

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Tor Lillqvist wrote:

> to 2005-12-22 klockan 08:24 +0000 skrev Shane O'Connor:
>
> > IMHO if we want to get people to shift from Windoze then we're gonna
> > have to ensure the move is painless as possible. That doesn't
> > necessarily we have to mirror windoze behaviour but we should definitely
> > avoid making the default for gnome more cumbersome...
>
> Is there BTW any usability tests, polls, or whatever, that would report
> the usefulness of Windows Explorer's "Hide extensions for known file
> types" that by default is On?
>
> (Personally I find it an absolutely horrible default setting and
> invariably turn it off on all Windows boxes I use, but I am almost
> capable of seeing the reasoning behind it... and can certainly believe
> it if somebody tells me that it in fact has been shown to reduce
> confusion among novice users.)
>
> --tml
>
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Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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