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 -- :wq mail uws xs4all nl web http://uwstopia.nl come on fallen star :: i refuse to let you die :: so be mine -- placebo
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